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AWS Training & Certification

Six courses.
Three weeks.
One foundation.

A concentrated self-directed run through AWS Skill Builder from October 28 to November 15, 2025. Two AI tracks, one cloud foundation, three hands-on SimuLearn labs. Completion certificates below, each linked directly to the original PDF.

6

Courses

3

SimuLearn Labs

18

Days

Oct–Nov

2025

Foundations

The baseline vocabulary every cloud conversation starts from.

1 course
Foundations

AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials

Core AWS services, the shared responsibility model, pricing and billing, global infrastructure, and the baseline vocabulary that every cloud conversation starts from.

Where it shows up

Grounds every architecture decision across Challenge Cup, PrayerMap, and Ora. Knowing the primitives means reaching for the right one without hesitation.

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AI & Machine Learning

Generative AI framing and the ML lifecycle from data prep to inference.

2 courses
AI & Machine Learning

Introduction to Generative AI — Art of the Possible

Generative AI landscape, foundation models, prompt design, use-case framing, and the business framing needed to translate capabilities into projects worth shipping.

Where it shows up

Shaped the positioning language behind 87n1: "systems that survive contact with reality" came from separating demos from deployable patterns here.

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AI & Machine Learning

Machine Learning Essentials for Business and Technical Decision Makers

ML lifecycle end-to-end: problem framing, data preparation, training vs inference, evaluation, and the AWS ML service landscape from SageMaker down to Comprehend.

Where it shows up

Model selection patterns in n8n workflows and data pipeline decisions for the Ora orchestration layer lean on this framing directly.

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Hands-On Labs

Three AWS SimuLearn scenarios: live console, real clicks, real debugging.

3 courses
Hands-On Labs

AWS SimuLearn: Cloud First Steps

Simulated console walkthrough of first-deploy fundamentals: launching EC2, attaching storage, configuring security groups, and reading CloudWatch basics from inside a live scenario.

Where it shows up

Removed the friction of reaching for the console vs. IaC: hands-on muscle memory for "can I just poke this?" debugging.

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Hands-On Labs

AWS SimuLearn: Cloud Computing Essentials

Compute, storage, networking and database primitives exercised in a live simulated environment. Builds intuition for service selection under real constraints.

Where it shows up

Informs the "what runs where" calls on Challenge Cup (AWS Amplify Gen 2 + Aurora) vs. lighter edge-function stacks for PrayerMap.

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Hands-On Labs

AWS SimuLearn: Explore the Amazon Bedrock Playgrounds

Hands-on tour of Bedrock model catalog, inference parameters, prompt playground, and the mental model for comparing foundation models apples-to-apples.

Where it shows up

Challenge Cup's AI Caddie reads live course conditions through Bedrock Claude. This lab is where the routing intuition came from.

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How I studied

Morning

Concept deep-dives and official Skill Builder material. Notes written longhand so the ideas stick before a keyboard enters the room.

Afternoon

Hands-on labs and SimuLearn exercises. Clicking through the console to burn pathways into muscle memory, not just recognition.

Evening

Building real projects that exercised whatever I had studied that day. Training sticks when you apply it inside 48 hours.

Certificate library

6 PDFs

Every certificate above, one click away. All issued by AWS Training & Certification, signed by Michelle Vaz, Director.

Issued by AWS Training & Certification. Completion certificates, not proctored exams.

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