Working At AWS - All You NEED To Know - With A National SA Manager

[@WinTheCloud]

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[@vamsiakhumukhi9582]

Liked and Subscribed!!!

[@WinTheCloud]

Thank you. I really appreciate it!

[@y.h8383]

Thanks for this session. This may be an inappropriate question to ask but still want to ask. What is the average salary of an SA in Aws in 🇺🇸. I heard AWS pays less than average market salary and there is more stress and less work/life balance. What do you say?

[@WinTheCloud]

The salaries in Canada are lower than those in the US, even for the same roles, and of course the salaries change from one region to another even within the US... Let me just say this, Amazon won't cheap out on you just to keep a little bit more for Jeff, he got plenty already ;)

[@nagautube1]

Great and worthy content, thanks for the upload. Subscribed !!!

[@hannahjoynson8937]

I want to thank you both for all the information you have shared during this video. I have just started my journey with AWS, currently looking at doing a course to get certified and to help me learn cloud technologies. Very inspiring and informative in terms of helping me decide if it is the right career path for me :)

[@WinTheCloud]

Great to hear that this episode was of help! Best of luck in your journey!!

[@saurabhk1087]

By far the best explanation of the SA role at AWS. Very insightful.

[@WinTheCloud]

Thank you! I'm super happy you found it useful

[@csanmartinw]

Thanks Ilyas. Concise and truly clarifies SA’s role.

[@sharmilashanmugam1825]

This gives lots of insights of being an SA. Thanks for this!

[@WinTheCloud]

Our pleasure! Feel free to ask any other questions you feel we didn't touch on

[@anthonygrear6226]

This is an excellent interview. I subscribed to your channel.

[@WinTheCloud]

Thank you very much, I wasn't sure I was going to pull it out haha, interviewing someone and keeping it relevant is not as easy as I thought. I really appreciate your support, and if you have any other questions, feel free to post them and I'll do my best to address those

[@davesullivan3198]

This is marvelous! Thanks so much for doing this! I need to work at AWS.

[@WinTheCloud]

You can do it!

[@JackMarchetti29]

This is awesome and quite helpful. I start as an SA at AWS in June.

[@WinTheCloud]

Welcome to the family!

[@edwinswartz7084]

I like when you say "don't use certs to get knowledge, use them to validate your knowledge" it makes sense but let's take in my case I'm based in Africa especially my country we don't have alot of companies using AWS but Azure is crazy here. I'm a certified Azure, however I recently saw a vacancy out stating they need someone who is AWS certified, I contacted them and told them about my background and they told me unless I'm not AWS certified they can't really give me an interview. I Have no knowledge of AWS and now I need to get the cert just to get into the interview. You get what I'm saying and this position has been vacant for almost a year or so I understood

[@mexicanmax227]

Hands down the ultimate resource. The amount of gratitude I wish I can express to how thankful i am for your content xD! Thank you!!!

[@WinTheCloud]

Your comment made my day 🙏 cheers mate!

[@jmonterojr]

Great video. I gave it a thumbs up. I start in July @ AWS Tech U as an associate TAM. I'm thinking about one day transitioning to SA. Thanks for the awesome content

[@WinTheCloud]

Best of luck brother!

[@kevinmcgrath7083]

It would be interesting to hear what courses or certifications architects and engineers at outside companies should take to really understand the AWS architecture, services and security. Eg, we may have vendors hosted on AWS, we may be on AWS or considering it, and I at least certainly do not want to rely on AWS inside consultants. Maybe go into detail about that immersive three month intro, best place to find white papers etc.

[@okerror1451]

Great stuff. Hope there is more to come!

[@WinTheCloud]

Working on it!

[@rsbl]

Very cool! Just subbed, just started using AWS in my org, liking it quite a bit, trying to get SA certified later this year

[@WinTheCloud]

Thank you. I appreciate it :) I'm preparing a while video on pretty much all you need to know about studying and passing certs. Hope you will find it useful

[@ramsheyy]

This was really helpful thank you so much!

[@WinTheCloud]

It's my pleasure. Thank you for watching

[@suheyp35]

Any advice about salesforce administrator or developer

[@sujithsurendran7686]

Subscribed 👍👍. Could you please add more video on how you update your skills.

[@WinTheCloud]

I will, thank you for the suggestion

[@vamsiakhumukhi9582]

Not all heroes wear capes. Thanks for this video!!!!

[@WinTheCloud]

I'm humbled.. Glad it helped!

[@MrAnesmalik]

thank you for the great interview, I hope you can do one on your journey and how can new people in the field build more experience, Thanks

[@WinTheCloud]

Great suggestion, let me think about how I can make this happen. Thanks!

[@mufreauddinchoudhury8215]

Ilyas, fascinating and exciting information. I'm not sure if you mentioned this elsewhere but how long did you work at AWS?

[@cookiencreamchoco]

Hey im thinking of applying either as a cloud architect or solutions architect. What are the main difference between the roles? Which one is more client facing? My goal is to be able to create value and impact for clients

[@rodoherty1]

This is a fantastic interview. Very useful info!

[@WinTheCloud]

Glad it was helpful!

[@rashmikumar8860]

Hi this is gray video. I am curious about cloud infrastructure architect role how that differs from solution architect role.

[@princeo9708]

Dropped your 500th like!

[@WinTheCloud]

You made my day 🙏

[@5arcc]

Awesome stuff!

[@WinTheCloud]

I'm humbled! Thank you!

[@5arcc]

Hey, wanted to ask how much do you communicate with clients in an async way (slack, email, ...) vs actual video calls? And do you often have back-to-back meetings for the full day?

[@kishanpatro45]

Loved every bit of it. Brother, Please start a series for a newbie like me to get a hang of AWS. And Subscribed too :)

[@WinTheCloud]

Cheers brother! I'm definitely thinking about making more videos like this one to provide more insight. Thank you for the suggestion!

[@dreamtheater_92]

Things that have changed since this video was made: 1) a position needs to be open to get promoted, 2) you are selling, not building, 3) RTO is driving away all the great talent, 4) you will never get rich from the stock, it's just deferred compensation.

[@ankitlalawat8336]

Can you let us know the best resources to learn more deeper?

[@KenSherman]

1:05 Tony Colantonio. The name is so 🆒 it sounds gangster!😎

[@kevinbozman2572]

I have my final interview with them next week. Looking forward to it. Any tips? It's for a Infrastructure Architect role

[@northstartothemoon8024]

Hi iLyas, in AWS what’s the difference between Cloud and Solution Architect? And your group with the PS group? This topic is very informative. Thanks

[@g-prince3375]

Great tips. I would love to know how long the probation period will last for new hires.

[@WinTheCloud]

I got you :D check out how to survive your first year at AWS for a detailed answer 😉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJDPn4OemKZlmas

[@kanwalsingh616]

Hi Great Video , I am from Developer background but from last 2 years I have been learning AWS and practising hands on labs plus Aws Console. Can you please let me know any study material which can be helpful in learning the day to day difficulties an Aws Solutions Architect has to solve . Thanks, Kanwal.

[@rashedjony8108]

Very insightful. iLyas would you like to make a video with any real case study like how an Solutions Architect provide the solutions based on client requirements or any project. Thanks! 🙏

[@WinTheCloud]

Definitely, it's in the works ;) Thanks for the suggestion 💪🏼

[@pauldarwin5111]

Would you recommend AWS SA cert. to people who are new to AWS or they should have a background knowledge? Also can you tell us about some of your failures either in life or in AWS!

[@WinTheCloud]

Hey Paul, good questions. So I definitely recommend SA certs to people interested in cloud and AWS, but my opinion on it (which might be unpopular) is to first get first hand knowledge, do labs, learn how to use the console and solve problems with, then get the cert. Don't approach the cert from a pure theory.. As for failures in life, well, haha I have my fair share of those, but please provide me some time to think about them, I might make a video where I share some failures, also the lessons I learned from them :)

[@pauldarwin5111]

@@WinTheCloud Thank you, I’m going to take this into consideration.

[@farukm7627]

Hi - Thank you for a fantastic insight into AWS SA perspective. One Q: ilyas (and Tony) is it possible for someone going on 60 to get a job as a SA at Amazon? Realistically?

[@WinTheCloud]

Hi Faruk, thank you for your question - I'm not aware of any age limitation so I realistically don't see why not

[@farukm7627]

@@WinTheCloud thank you. It's just that when I completed my BSc Hons @ age 40 in 2001 no-one would hire me. By the way, I'm studying for AWS & Gcp a Architect Pro exams

[@setesmhar]

Love your videos! I just passed my exam of SAA I hope one day I will be part of AWS family that is my dream. Thank you iLyas!

[@WinTheCloud]

I hope so too! Best of luck!

[@achajunoir4873]

Thanks 🙏 bruh it was helpful my question is as a junior level sA in terms of contract how does it work ? Are u given a four year contract or two or lesser thanks

[@WinTheCloud]

Hi Acha, I can only speak about my experience: I was full time, so no time-based contract

[@carlosroberto366]

iLyas, from your experience, on average how is the % or months spent during a year in new projects as well as existing ones solving issues only? for example, you get one or more new projects (workshop requirements gathering, design, etc) every year completing them in 3-6 months, during such year, you might also get assignments to solve issues from other projects or simple change requests from customers (not even sure if that exists in AWS).

[@WinTheCloud]

When I worked as an SA in other companies, it would be a new project only every now and then, majority of time would be spent upgrading existing projects (from legacy to be better architected) or designing new features to go on them. At AWS, you get assigned a territory with companies in it, and every customer has of course different teams with everyone of them having their own projects that might need an upgrade, a migration, or a full re-architecture. I like to think of the SA role as the CTO of these companies: you're there to help from the technical aspect but also to help strategize, prioritize and manage projects

[@Justinian21c]

Can you realistically become a Solutions Architect being a new Bachelor's grad in Cloud Computing? Or do you need experience in another cloud job like Cloud Support Engineer?

[@azzizbakouch]

super

[@WinTheCloud]

Thanks!

[@matc8085]

hi I like your content but your audio is always super low.

[@WinTheCloud]

Noted. I actually tried to improve it in the latest video... I think it will take me a couple of more trial and error until I get there. I'm still learning so much about how to make KZbin videos (scripting, shooting, editing, lighting, shadows, audio quality....) but rest assured I'm testing many combinations to improve the sound quality (without having to buy a $1k+ setup haha)

[@KevonMayers]

@@WinTheCloud if you have any audio related questions feel free to shoot me a message! I'm an audio engineer. I don't mind giving some tips

[@Elsiew12]

He has since left AWS!! 😆

[@WinTheCloud]

I did