Category: Amazon Machine Learning

Discover how JC Boissy transformed from a cloud novice to an award-winning game developer through AWS Cloud Institute. His journey from managing cloud projects to creating CloudJack-21, an innovative serverless card game that earned recognition in the 2024 AWS Game Builder Challenge, showcases the power of structured cloud-skills training and hands-on experience.

Imagine navigating the same cloud challenges that AWS solutions architects face daily, and proving you can solve them. That’s what AWS Jam Journeys offer through hands-on learning experiences. And, now we’ve reorganized our AWS Jam Journeys to better match your learning paths and the way you interact with AWS services.

In January 2025, we launched 17 new digital training products on AWS Skill Builder including two new AWS Jam Journeys, additional language availability for Exam Prep materials in support of AWS Certified AI Practitioner and AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer certification exams, as well as a new AWS Builder Lab, Sustainability Strategies with AWS Compute Workload, designed to help identify sustainability strategies using AWS services and tools to optimize usage and costs in an AWS environment.

The journey from AWS Certified AI Practitioner to AWS Certified Machine Learning – Specialty offers a structured approach that helps you grow—from understanding fundamental AI concepts to handling complex ML projects in a cloud environment. By using resources like AWS Skill Builder, AWS Educate and the Udemy Business Leadership Academy cohort programs, you can accelerate your learning and stay ahead of the competition in the fast-moving AI/ML landscape.

In December 2024, we launched nine new digital training products on AWS Skill Builder including five new AWS Builder Labs, a new AWS Jam focused on troubleshooting AWS Web Development issues in a gamified learning environment, and one new AWS Digital Classroom course. We also launched AWS Learning Assistant for AWS Builder Labs, a new AI-powered, chat-based guide that enhances self-paced learning by providing real-time responses and insights to learners.

This past week at AWS re:Invent, we celebrated the organizations that went above and beyond to certify staff in AI/ML skills. AWS Certification hosted a reception at the AWS Certification Lounge to award AWS AI Skills Champion Trophies to these organizations as AWS AI Certification Early Adopters.

We’re both experienced AWS professionals and have witnessed firsthand how cloud technologies can accelerate mission-critical initiatives and solve complex challenges in regulated industries. AWS Certifications have been an important part of our respective career progression and we’re passionate about sharing our certification experiences to help others. This blog outlines our AWS Certification learning journeys, the impact on our careers, and our best practices to prepare for an AWS Certification exam.

As organizations move from dabbling in generative artificial intelligence (AI) to building customer-facing applications, having a skilled team is crucial for project success. You can leverage AWS Training courses to upskill your team, ensuring they are prepared for your next generative AI project.

To help organizations validate AI and machine learning (ML) skills within their existing staff and when hiring new employees, and to help individuals showcase their knowledge and practical skills in AI and ML, we launched two new AWS Certifications: AWS Certified AI Practitioner and AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer – Associate, with associated exam prep materials for each. Learn about two new limited-time incentives we’re offering to help you earn one or both of these new certifications.

Welcome to October’s post announcing new training course launches and certification updates. This month, we launched 17 new digital training products on AWS Skill Builder including 6 new generative AI digital courses. In addition, registration is now open for the standard version of the AWS Certified AI Practitioner and AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer – Associate exams. Plus, when you earn either of these new AWS Certifications on or before February 15, 2025, you will receive a limited-edition Early Adopter badge in addition to your certification badge!