How I got Claude certified (and how you can too)

I’m Claude Certified Architect - Foundations now. Look at me. A friend from work, Daniel, pinged me right after he started studying because he was confused and a little frustrated. He’d gone through the official docs, done a couple of practice exams, and felt like there was no connection between what he was studying and what the exam was actually testing. Fair. I felt the same way when I started. So we hopped on a call, I dumped everything I knew, and this post is basically that call cleaned up so more people can use it. Fair warning up front: this is part study guide, part honest review. I’ll tell you how to pass, but I’m also going to be honest about the parts that felt like studying for the exam rather than becoming a better engineer. Both things are true at once. What I studied with The exam I took is the Claude Certified Architect - Foundations. The single most useful resource for me was the Claude Certification Guide. The lessons are very good, and everything that showed up on…