Welcome to our new members: Carina Gonzalez Olivia Ruiz Rashidat O Barbara Shurtleff Tani Massi Christiaan Gouws Mehboob Khan Osman Mohamed You just joined a room full of people studying for the Claude Certified Architect – Foundations (CCAF) exam, and several who’ve already passed it. Here’s the lay of the land. What you have access to - Community discussion: Ask questions, share what’s working, and learn from members who’ve been through the exam. - Free Classroom pages: Resources and updates open to everyone in the group. We will be adding more. @Alice Bazdikian, @Hsin-chih Lee, and @Anita Ortiz are your guides and moderators. All of us have passed the CCAF. Start here 1. Introduce yourself below: your name, what you do, and where you are in your CCAF prep (just curious, studying, or booking your exam). 2. Ask anything. No question is too basic. Everyone here started somewhere. 3. Save the date for our free webinar (below) to share info on the Bootcamp starting November 1. 📅 Free webinar: Tuesday, October 20 at 5pm ET We will walk through the CCAF, the study framework that’s helped our members prepare, and the new Bootcamp. Register here: https://get720.com. 🚀 Claude Certification Success Bootcamp: launches November 1 We're excited you're joining us. We've had 13 people pass the CCAF in the last 45 days, and we look forward to adding you to that list soon! Glad you’re here. Say hi below! Anita

You helped us prove this works and we're launching a formal framework to help others get to 720 passing and obtain the CCAF! Here’s what’s next, and what it means for you. 1. The new site is live: https://get720.com It introduces the Claude Certification Success Bootcamp, launching November 1. Focused on helping non-technicals obtain the CCAF, we're taking all we've learned and putting together a structured program. There are a few ways through it: join the community for connection and questions, do a self-paced DIY, or a fast track with live meetings and intensive study sessions. Accessing the Skool community is free, upgrade to a paid for hands on training and resources. Founding members (anyone who joined before October 1, 2026) keep access to everything FOR FREE as long as you need it. If you hit anything gated, message Anita. 2. Free webinar: Tuesday, October 20 at 5pm ET Alice, Shin (Hsin-Chih’s preferred name going forward), and I will cover the CCAF, the Bootcamp, and our study framework. 120+ people are already signed up. Know someone who’s curious? Send them here: https://get720.com 3. New faces in the Skool group We’re admitting new members who’ll be part of the conversation and may be a part of the Bootcamp. Please welcome them. You’ve been where they are, and your experience is what they need to hear. 4. Claude Study Cards has its own home: https://www.claudestudycards.com Your survey feedback was consistent: the cards were a big help and an integral part of how you studied. They’re now $29/month as a standalone and included in the paid Bootcamp tiers. Again, Founding members keep free access for as long as you need it. Same login as before. Tell me if anything breaks. 5. Affiliate links are coming You’re the reason we know there’s demand for this, and you’re our best cheerleaders. Each of you will get a personal affiliate link that earns commission on the Bootcamp and Claude Study Cards. Watch for an email later this week with your link and the details, so you can share it before the October 20 webinar.

I stressed about sharing this for a couple of weeks as I don't want to discourage anyone, but the lessons I learned as a non technical person taking this might be of value to some of you. I have bounced back, back in study mode, and have scheduled my second exam date. I will pass this, I don't care how many times I have to take it! I will be on the Pod calls this week so feel free to ask any questions. I encourage you to join this week as an opportunity to ask any questions, concerns, and additional resources I am sharing with you to study. https://www.loom.com/share/6971fbb20fa94503878fe4ea0e876a18

As the legendary Texan, Matthew McConaughey, often says… all right, all right all right! The pressure was on me to pass this time, it is done, and I couldn’t wait to share with you guys. That’s 5 of us. Who is next??

The worst part is I live in a tiny apartment and don't have any rooms without words (or things) everywhere - art on walls, cat food shelves, bookshelves, etc. so I had to move to my balcony last minute after they said no to the room I planned to use. And then I forgot to remove my watch, so they messaged me during the test and made me move my laptop camera around a bunch to re-check the space. So during the test, every time someone drove by with loud radio or something, I stressed that they would invalidate my test. 😅😭 Definitely 0 out of 10, do not recommend starting the exam with that kind of last-minute stress. I wish there was a way we could have submitted room photos ahead of time so I could plan better. I probably should have put that in the feedback at the end, but I was just so glad to be done I skipped the surveys. 🙃 My journey: I started using Claude Co-Work and Claude Code in April as a non-coder. I reached out to join this group & take the test last weekend I used claudestudycards.com, claudecertificationguide.com, and the Purcell practice exam throughout the week to prep. You can all do it!