Zach Lawrence, Dev Technology Senior IT System Administrator, joins Adam D’Angelo to talk about a preparing for the AWS Solution Architect Associate Exam as well as some of the unique considerations for development in the cloud environment. Zach and Adam discuss the following.

AWS Solution Architect exam prep tips including the importance of understanding the vocabulary, using practice tests to prepare, and the importance of practicing with VPCsThe importance of understanding the formal features of AWS for making tradeoff decisionsHow architecting in the cloud changes the way you think about developing a solution—the underlying infrastructure is essential to leveraging the benefits of the cloudUsing different locations for latency tradeoffsThe importance of hands on learningSelecting cloud native vs cloud agnostic functionalitySecurity on-prem vs the cloudAvoiding vendor lock-in

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