Introduction to Designing Data Lakes on AWS

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Scholarships don’t apply as it is free to audit this course. It's only if you want a formal certificate that you need to pay

This section is also applicable to only those students who opt to pursue the certification track of this program. In the verified track, students need to clear an examination at the end to qualify to receive their certification

The key benefits are explained as follows: 

The foremost benefit of this program is that the faculty that operates the courseware are from the official Amazon Web Services domain and have significant industry experience. The courseware is thus excellent from a learner’s perspective. Rafael Lops is a Partner Solutions Architect while Morgan Willis is a Senior Cloud Technologist. They have had tremendous feedback from alumni over several years of teaching 

The second key benefit is the concise duration of the program. This is a 5-week engagement and that is possible only because of the extensive subject matter expertise that the program stakeholders possess. Not only that, the videos, readings, and demonstrations are structured in a way that requires just 1 to 4 hours of effort from the students.

Lastly, the Introduction to designing Data Lakes on AWS does the small things well. This is an intermediate-level program, proctored fully online in the English language. For professionals who would like a smaller footprint, the program can be taken free of cost, thereby allowing customized access. Next, the self-paced nature of this engagement ensures that there is a fairly wide window open for working professionals to upskill themselves