AWS certifications get a lot of well deserved hate here. They are very marketing hype heavy and seem to be designed to give inexperienced people a false sense of expertise. That said, they aren’t a bad introduction if think of as just learning the table of contents and the glossary. I do not consider myself an expert even though I’ve built some pretty large things on AWS. My own path was to build some toy apps, some…
I just wanted to say that I totally agree with what you said.
Building things will you way more many things than taking certification.
Certifications are great but don’t teach you much unless you build something on aws