Hi everyone, It's time to review and renew emails, decide if you want to continue on based on where you are with testing, and settle up on costs. Here is a listing of all the emails I have on file for SSAI. Most of you purchased a 3 month runway and some are now over that timeline. Review the two yellow columns for expiration dates: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LeetUXEzLiQH63ck940bi65SXCcLjjwnhOsM7qvkYZo/edit?usp=sharing Here's what you need to decide by October 15th - do you want to continue on with the SSAI email address? This should be based on: - Have you passed the CCAF?  If so, do you want to continue on as part of Shift Smart AI (see below)? - If not, do you intend to take or retake?  And what is your timeline for this? - GOOD NEWS! We are now part of the CPN (they created a new tier which we instantly qualified for with 3 tested and we are inches away from getting the original tier of 10, which opens more benefits, resources, money). Attached are the CPN benefits, which include being listed on the Anthropic CPN website for referrals, support, early access to product and actual money to us based on client engagements. THIS is the reason to stay engaged with SSAI. Together, we get more, but it is an individual decision. I will be putting together the framework of what "Staying on with SSAI" means in the next month, but you will have some responsibilities, below. Review your email status and let me know by October 15th if you will be staying on or not. If we do not hear from you, your email will expire at the end of October and you will be removed from the system - whether you have tested or not. IF YOU CHOOSE TO STAY ON WITH SSAI, here are your responsibilities: 1. 1 - Must participate by supplying at a minimum 1 client engagement and testimonial annually, registered appropriately under SSAI to get us credit.  You still own your business and your pricing, but SSAI must be built into your agreement with your client in some way, even if just in name/as an affiliate so we get credit under the CPN.  These details are still being worked out and you can opt out at any time. 2. 2 - There will be a small revenue share back to SSAI for any business that comes from SSAI as a referral. We will be listed on the Anthropic CPN as an approved vendor.  If that referral leads to you, a revenue share in the 15-20% range will be required to be paid to SSAI.   3. 3 - The more you participate, the more we all benefit.  Those who participate and register client engagements that lead to money from Anthropic will share in that pool of funds. 4. 4. We will be extending emails quarterly for easier administrative path, so you will have a payment due for 3 months and for anything that is currently overdue.  I have been remiss in keeping up with this and have been charged extra.

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!

Finally, it's here! When I started prepping for the CCAF, the official materials read like they were written for developers, were dry and could not get through them. So I built my own solution from: YouTube series, practice exams, the official guide on repeat - and used Claude Code to check everything against Anthropic's developer docs so it was actually correct. What is claudestudycards.com? - 382 flashcards, organized by the exam's 5 official domains and their real weightings - Every card tagged to a task statement on the exam blueprint — nothing off-topic - Every card explains the answer in plain English first, then why each wrong option is wrong - A Random Practice Exam — 60 timed questions, fresh draw every time, for reps - formatted just like the Pearson exam (not the actual exam content, but the layout you will see on the screen). - A Static Practice Exam — same test every time, so you can measure whether you're improving - Bookmarks, a Review Queue, and progress tracking that saves to your account Why use it - The exam isn't "spot the fake answer." It's "pick the smartest of four real answers." The cards teach you how. - Written for non-technical people. Terms defined, analogies for everything. - Free for our group What I'm asking Use it like you're actually studying — a few real sessions. When something is confusing, broken, or wrong, tell me. Screenshot it, post it here. No note is too small. 👉 claudestudycards.com — sign up with your email, confirm, you're in. Some of you have gotten ahold of this before today. I would do a hard refresh on your screen (Command +R on mac, not sure on windows) to have it sync with the current code so you see the updated version. It's pretty self explanatory, but watch the video for a tour: https://youtu.be/YJgCohcBdIc

Thanks to everyone in this group for their contributions, and special mention to @Alice Bazdikian and @Anita Ortiz for the accountability and group support, and @Hsin-chih Lee for the insights that really helped me feel ready. See you all on the next calls!