Correction: AWS Specialty Certifications Ranked: Which Ones Are Worth Pursuing
Corrected by Emir Baycan · Full-Stack Developer, Mobile App Builder and Web Platform Founder with expertise in SEO, automation, SaaS, AI visibility, DevOps and scalable digital products
Emir Baycan found something wrong, outdated, or unsupported on this page and proposed a fix. The publisher accepted the correction.
- Role
- Correction
- Publisher
- Pass4Sure
- Topic
- Aws Certifications
- Status
- Accepted
- Date
- 11 July 2026
The exact change
"The ANS-C01 is the certification that separates candidates who've read about AWS networking from those who've designed it..." -- A Cloud Guru, ANS-C01 course instructor notes / 'Frank Kane... specifically warns: "If you don't already have a machine learning background, don't start with this certification..."' / 'Every specialty exam: 65 questions, 170 minutes, ~750/1000 passing score, $300.'
The ANS-C01 is the certification that separates candidates who have read about AWS networking from those who have designed it (unattributed prose, brand-as-person framing removed). / Frank Kane, a well-known MLS-C01 instructor, has generally cautioned that candidates without an ML background should study fundamentals first (de-attributed specific quote, kept substance, removed 'most popular course' superlative). / Corrected to: 'Most specialty exams: 65 questions, 170 minutes... though duration varies by exam (Machine Learning Specialty and some others run 180 minutes).'
Suggested change
De-attributed 2 fabricated quotes (A Cloud Guru brand-as-person, Frank Kane specific quote). Corrected a factual error about specialty exam duration (not all are 170 minutes; ML Specialty and others run 180).
Why this is better
'A Cloud Guru, ANS-C01 course instructor notes' attributed a quote to a company brand as if it were a named individual, a fabricated framing, so it was de-attributed. Frank Kane is a real, credible instructor but the specific quote and 'most popular course' superlative were unverifiable, so de-attributed while keeping the substance. 'Every specialty exam: 170 minutes' was factually wrong; most specialty exams are 170 minutes but Machine Learning Specialty and others run 180 minutes, which also contradicted the DBS-C01 article elsewhere in this same folder. Corrected.
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