1600 days collected all 11/11 Google Cloud certificates

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3 min readJun 3, 2023

Just do it!

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I started learning Cloud from 2017. The first time I took the Google Cloud certification exam on January 3, 2019. After a total of 15 exams, on May 22 ,2023. I had collected all 11 Google Cloud certificates.

Total time spent taking the certification exam

Tips and lessons

1. Learn every day and stay up to date with technology. Spend at least 20 minutes learning and updating technology information
2. Plan and target how long the certifications will need to be achieved.

The certification exam is like collecting badges like ash. The feeling of owning them is always a feeling

3. Study and take the certifications that are relevant to your job before thinking about other side certifications

4. Learn from those who came before: The Cloud girl , Learn GCP with Mahesh,…

5. Learn and update from many places: Youtube, medium, Linkedin, .. on these platforms there are many people sharing experience, knowledge, good and quality articles that will help you a lot. .

6. Learn courses on platforms: Cloud skill boost, Udemy, Cloud Academy, A Cloud Guru,…

7. Join groups to discuss and debate: GDG Cloud Hanoi, Cộng đồng Google Cloud Việt Nam (Group chính thức), Google Cloud User Group Vietnam (Google Workspace + GCP)

9. Hands-on labs (e.g. Qwiklabs or SkillBoost).

10. Refer to many Google Cloud best practices for an accurate view of deployment. You can search by the syntax Service name + best practices

11. Read more interesting ebooks on oreilly: https://sre.google/books/

12. Work at Google Partner to gain more knowledge: https://cloud.google.com/find-a-partner

13. The old rule when taking the test, which sentences are easy to do first, and which are difficult to flag, come back to do later

14. Always double check the questions and answers before pressing the submit button

15. You should go to the test centers to avoid the situation of failing the network or having someone call during the test.

16. Another great learning resource on Github: awesome-gcp-certifications

17. If you fail the exam, don’t be discouraged because you failed a lot at first, review carefully and choose an appropriate time to retake the exam. Remember why you started.

What a feeling to get the final certificate

18. Certificates are simply tools to help you test your knowledge. The gap from theory to practice is very long. Do not be subjective when you have passed the exam, you will still have to study and do a lot to understand what the theories you have learned are.

19. Always learn because technology is always up to date. The truth is always cruel unlike what we have learned.