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Do you use Terraform? I'm just wondering because I interact with AWS 90% (possibly more) via Terraform. I rarely use the AWS Console and have never looked at Cl

• dangus 6y ago
  Yes I do the same! Almost entirely through Terraform. In no way does that hurt your knowledge! By doing everything in code you probably understand a lot more to begin with, since you don’t rely on some of the UI crutches and defaults. Honestly I check the Terraform documentation before I even bother with AWS docs 99% of the time. The system architect questions are definitely more high level architecture questions that revolve around understanding the AWS products and what trade-offs you make by choosing one of the the other. Like any other multiple choice test, much of passing the test revolves around general test taking strategies (e.g. reading carefully and eliminating wrong answers) I’m sure you’ll get the gist of it from the example questions that are out there (Amazon also has a few for free). Understanding a few things about less commonly encountered products like Kinesis could help, too.