Hello! Welcome to AWS Newbies! I’m Hiroko Nishimura, and I’m an AWS Community Hero! I created AWS Newbies in fall, 2018 to help me study for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam.

Since then, this website and the various projects I’ve partaken in the subsequent years have helped countless people begin learning about Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Cloud Computing from absolute 0! I help AWS newbies everywhere learn the jargon of Cloud Computing and Amazon Web Services so that we can all begin “speaking the language” of AWS!

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Other than this website, I have created video courses, published a book, created games, and published study guides to help you begin studying for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Exam (AWS CLF-C02).

Here are the quick links to these projects:

I teach “Introduction to AWS for Non-Engineers” in partnership with LinkedIn Learning. In this series, I take you from “What even is the ‘Cloud’?” to sitting for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Exam in just a few hours!

The series has helped a wide variety of people (760,000+ learners!) since 2020, from engineers who need to learn about AWS in English, to people who have no technical backgrounds but looking to make career transitions into IT, to people who need to take the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Exam. Currently available in English, Spanish, German, and Portuguese!

Cover for "AWS for Non-Engineers" book published from Manning Publications.

AWS for Non-Engineers was published in December, 2022 from Manning Publications! This friendly, fast-paced guide is perfect for anyone puzzled by the cloud! Learn the fundamentals of Amazon Web Services, and be ready to ace your AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Exam! It is available in English and German.

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