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Notes from the exam-prep trenches

Essays on certification study, exam traps, and cloud-security careers, written by the people who generate the 28,000+ questions in Pruvos.

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SAP-C02SAA-C03

From SAA-C03 to SAP-C02: the 150-hour bridge plan

SAP-C02 is genuinely harder than SAA-C03, but not three-times-harder the way the rumor suggests. Here is a realistic 150-hour plan built from 80+ candidates who made the jump.

Gagan Walia·May 1, 2026, 3:05 PM·5 min read

SAA-C03Study Plan

The 100-hour SAA-C03 plan that actually works

Most study plans are a list of topics. This one is a timeline with hours allocated per activity, based on 2,100+ passing and failing scores from our cohort.

Apr 18, 2026, 2:05 PM · 5 min read

Cloud PractitionerCLF-C02

Why I tell most people to skip AWS Cloud Practitioner

CLF-C02 is marketed as the starting point. For 80% of people coming to AWS certs, it is not the right starting point. Here is who should actually take it.

Apr 17, 2026, 6:40 PM · 4 min read

Security+CompTIA

Security+ SY0-701 is genuinely different from every other cert — here is why that matters

Most certs are 80%+ scenario questions. SY0-701 is 65% scenario, 35% direct recall. If you study it like SAA-C03, you will fail. If you study it like a college exam, you will also fail.

Apr 17, 2026, 10:55 AM · 4 min read

SAA-C03AWS

The hardest domain on SAA-C03 is not the one most people think

Everyone expects Domain 1 (Resilience) to be the killer. After grading 4,000+ mock exams, the domain people actually lose points on is something else.

Apr 16, 2026, 5:05 PM · 4 min read