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- Updated README with combined navigation and exam details - Updated SCHEDULE.md exam goal from June 30 to July 7, 2026 - Added certifications/roadmap.md with full cert path (A+ → CCNA → AWS → CKA) - Added certifications/a-plus-core2.md with exam details, domain breakdown, practice test log, weak areas, and homelab experience map Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# Certification Roadmap
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**Career goal:** Cloud Engineering
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**Current level:** CompTIA A+ Core 1 passed (highest score in class of 22)
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## Path
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| # | Cert | Status | Target | Notes |
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| 1 | CompTIA A+ Core 1 | ✅ PASSED | — | Highest score in class of 22 |
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| 2 | CompTIA A+ Core 2 | 🔄 Studying | July 7, 2026 (goal) / July 12 (hard deadline) | Diagnostic: 50% Sybex cold |
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| 3 | CCNA | 📅 Next | ~2026 Q4 | Gold standard networking cert |
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| 4 | AWS SAA-C03 | 📅 Planned | After CCNA | Core cloud cert, most in-demand |
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| 5 | AWS SysOps Associate | 📅 Planned | After SAA | Operations focus, maps to homelab |
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| 6 | CKA (Kubernetes) | 📅 Planned | After AWS | Container orchestration at scale |
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| 7 | AI / Prompt Engineering | 📅 Planned | After cloud foundation | AWS AI Practitioner, DeepLearning.AI |
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## Why This Order
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- Networking (CCNA) before cloud makes AWS 3x easier to understand
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- Associate certs before specialties — breadth before depth
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- Homelab project (KiteStacks) already demonstrates cloud engineering skills at associate level
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