I enlisted for the free Get Certified Program from Google in June 2023 which offers a 10 week curated curriculum to prepare for the Data Engineer exam. Unfortunately the content is restricted and cannot be shared. Following article should summarize all additional sources which were helpful for me in preparation of the certification exam. If you are interested in how the exam is actually happening there are plenty of other articles on medium or at other places. I just try to condense it to the minimum here.
Ressources
Official
Most helpful Google ressources
How to prepare for the certification
Google Cloud Architecture Center
Other helpful ressources
| Helpful | Published | Title/Link | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | - | Google Cloud Cheat Sheet | - |
| 7 | 2022/12 | Awesome GCP Certifications Repo | Satish Vijai |
| 9 | 2023/01 | Mastering the Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer Exam in 2023: Strategies and Resources | Syam Kakarla |
Key takeaways
- The questions on Cloudskillboost not neccessarily help with passing the exam
- You need a basic understanding of how Data Engineering works and which Google solutions supports which part in the process
- Think efficient - what is the easiest solution
- Read carefully the question and look for key-words: Cost, time, serverless, etc.
- Read carefully the answers and think of consequences of the solutions and try to identify the best solution
- Look into other sources on Medium of people who recently took the exam and try to identify new topics
- Search for Exam Dumps on deidcated sources like Examtopics. They may be helpful in preparation.