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Hi I recently passed SAA-C03 and I want to share my "real" experience.

Context:

- 1 and a half years of hands-on experience with AWS

- 4 months of daily study. Stéphane Maarek’s course turned out to be soporific. He explains things very well, so I have nothing bad to say about that, but the course is very boring.

- I quit the course and I learned by my self tinkering with things in my own AWS account. That worked for me, especially for understanding complex services and configurations like VPCs

- I did 5 TutorialDojo mock exams, and questions are not as straightforward compared to the real exam as everyone supposedly says here on this subreddit, so I was relaxed.

- The real plot twist is that it was completely the other way around. The exam was tricky. A lot of wordy and twisted questions that didn't make much sense. Some questions were so obvious that I was wondering if there was a catch, while others were too difficult to understand. There was no middle ground.

So I don't know why people say that mock exams are generally harder that the real exam, because in my case, that wasn't true, even though I passed.

Did anyone else have the same experience ?

Hi guys,

I would like to know if it is recommended to get MLA-C01 or DEA-C01 before going to AIP-C01.

Background:

- 3 years of exp working as AI Engineer

- Certified in AWS SAA-C03, AIF-C01 and CLF-C02

No porque vaya a desaparecer, sino porque el modelo económico que lo sostiene cada vez da menos de sí.

El sector público se financia en gran parte con un sector privado que crece poco, está muy presionado fiscalmente y cada vez genera menos margen real. No es solo una cuestión de “más o menos impuestos”, sino de una base productiva que no termina de despegar al nivel necesario para sostener el ritmo tan grande gasto.

A esto hay que sumar una deuda pública altísima(110% sobre el PIB ) que limita el margen de maniobra, ya que parte del gasto actual no se sostiene con ingresos reales, sino con endeudamiento y crecimiento débil. Eso hace que el sistema dependa mucho de que todo siga funcionando “sin sobresaltos”.

Y esto es una realidad. Hay mucha carga sobre quienes producen, poco incentivo a crecer y un sector público que mantiene su tamaño diria que más por inercia que por capacidad estructural de expansión.

Cada vez estamos más condicionados por un sistema económico que no es tan sólido como parece a primera vista.

A mi me daría miedo opositar, sinceramente.

I was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis / subclinical hypothyroidism about 2.5 years ago, and I’ve been taking Euthyrox (levothyroxine) daily ever since.

I started on 25 mcg, but over time my dose has gradually increased as my thyroid function declined. I went from 25 mcg to higher doses step by step, and for the last ~6 months I’ve been on 100 mcg daily.

At my worst, my TSH reached 14 before treatment adjustments (T4 always stable in range)

What confuses me is that despite being very consistent with my medication (I take it properly on an empty stomach, wait over an hour before eating, and keep the same routine every day), my TSH still fluctuates significantly.

For example:

- January labs: TSH around 4.5–4.6

- April labs: TSH increased to 8.11

- Free T4 remains in normal range (0.97)

- Anti-TPO antibodies: 620

- Anti-thyroglobulin antibodies: 5.6

So clearly the autoimmune side is active.

Another relevant finding: my 25-OH vitamin D is low at 17 ng/mL (deficiency range) despite taking 1 daily softgel of 2000 IU for the past 2 months.

The strange part is that I don’t really feel hypothyroid in daily life:

- I’m 27, male

- 181 cm, 78.2 kg

- Very physically active

- Lift weights 4–5x/week

- Over the past few months I’ve actually gained lean muscle mass (went from ~73 kg to 78 kg)

- 9% body fat

- Strength has improved significantly (bench press 4 reps with 100kg)

- Energy is good

- Sleep is stable (8h)

- No major fatigue

So I’m in this weird situation where my labs suggest under-treatment or progression, but physically I feel strong and healthy.

I’m wondering:

- Has anyone else with Hashimoto experienced rising TSH despite proper medication adherence?

- Can autoimmune flare-ups alone cause this kind of fluctuation?

- Did you need continual dose increases over time even while feeling fine?

- How much weight should I give symptoms vs. lab numbers?

- I recently read that cutting gluten could improve TSH levels. Should I try it?

Would really appreciate hearing from others with long-term Hashimoto management experience. Thank you.