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A Cloud Guru from both a student and educator perspective
May 16, 2021

A Cloud Guru from both a student and educator perspective

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
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Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)

We have been using it for both individual self-guided studying as well as for structured study groups where a number of people are working towards a common certification. As far as I am aware, most people use it for working towards a certification rather than bite-sized learning. We have been using it in just our department however it is used in other pockets of the organisation. We find that it reduces the need for supervised or organisation led learning when individuals are new to the cloud.
  • Clear content
  • Wide variety of topics
  • Content is fun in places
  • Cloud playground reduces the need to manage training accounts
  • Hands on labs help to reinforce learning
  • The pace that instructors speak at can be quite variable
  • Quite often, bad practice is taught so that topics can be covered quickly
  • The exam questions are not as hard as the AWS exams or other online platforms
  • Cloud is an increasingly desired skill and therefore having more colleagues skilled in it enables us to accept more work
  • It is cheaper for a more junior colleague to spend a month on A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy) than it is for an experienced colleague to give them 1:1 tuition for the same time
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy) was the only platform we evaluated for the vast majority of our cloud training, however we have found other providers are better in certain areas and use them to supplement A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy). For example, TutorialsDojo and WhizLabs both have better quiz systems in my opinion. Both of them present more difficult questions that better reflect the AWS ones as well as giving better feedback.

Do you think A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy) delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)'s feature set?

Yes

Did A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy) live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy) go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy) again?

Yes

I wouldn’t say there are many scenarios where A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy) is inappropriate. It has a wide variety of content at different levels of complexity. One area that could be not perfect is if training is required on a service that isn’t supported in the cloud playground. A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy) is perfect for those individuals who want to work towards gaining a certification, however, I think that sometimes it is lacking deep dive courses in some areas.