Sometime ago at my son’s birthday party I met another tech savvy mom and we started talking about our careers. We had a lot in common. She use to be in the at theater tech, but somehow miraculously found herself now working in the lucrative field of Compliance in the Cloud. I had background in Servers and Network Security, and have dabbled around with Amazon Web Service (AWS) before so when she went on about her field it peaked my interest. The more she shared the more interested I got. She ended up sharing with me her road map as well as a wealth of resources on Cloud Learning.
There are a few platforms out there, but the ones I was interested in was AWS and of course, the Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Since I can’t do it all at once I started with AWS. I was already familiar with it as I was exposed to how programmers used it for AI. In fact, I have already shot MOOCS on the subject and in one of my extension classes I did a project based on it, so I had some insight of it from a DevOps standpoint. After looking into the blue prints, I felt like the Architect was the best fit for me.
I began my journey by first scouring google with other people’s road maps. I search blogs to see what other people did to succeed, and I am currently comparing those road maps to glean from it what may work for me.
Here are some noteworthy links I have bookmarked:
https://nordcloud.com/journey-to-aws-certified/
http://examcramnotes.blogspot.com/2017/10/aws-certified-solutions-architect.html
https://www.kevinlondon.com/2018/09/08/aws-solutions-architect-associate.html
https://www.shanebart.com/aws-cloud-practitioner/
And of course, I had to check out reddit-
Why reinvent the wheel? It’s best to look at the designs out there and customize it to work for you. A lot of information can be found right on the aws website. I learned to definitely read up on the White Papers and FAQs. Quicklabs and Whizlabs are also resources that people found helpful. For video tutorials Youtube has a lot of free stuff- to check out like re:Invent , but if you want more structure then A Cloud Guru and Linux Academy might be something to look into.
For someone who’s head is in the cloud, there is sure a lot of ground to cover. There’s so much to learn, but I’m good with that. If there’s one thing I never get tired of it’s learning.
“You are always a student, never a master. You have to keep moving forward.” ~Conrad Hall