This blog is the result of
purchasing a pair of Bluetooth headphones for $26!
I needed some wireless headphones for working in the
datacenter I manage so off to Amazon I went. Being both frugal and broke I
opted for a set with good run time, good reviews and most of all a good price
for my budget. So, new headphones in hand I began my DC work fixing things,
cabling things and inventorying things to my heart’s desire. I listened to
music of course, audiobooks from Audible and anywhere else I could find. One
such book was a one of the free one through Audible if you have a prime
account. The book happened to be “No Excuses” by Brian Tracy and the part that
stuck the most while listening to it was that to be successful you needed to
set goals and spend money (10% was recommended for training and buying books
and such) and time bettering yourself for the job you have and the job you
want.
After hearing this I mulled the new
information over a while and decided to change my path. Instead of science
fiction I began listening to IT and DevOps related books. I found podcast that
talked about Linux, Sysadmins, AWS and Development and listened to them while
working, driving back and forth to work and anywhere else I could. I started
watching more technical YouTube videos and a lot of tech talks and deep dives
on subjects I heard about on the podcast I listened to. I began looking through
online training catalogs and started going through training that was useful for
my job.
About this time, I saw an ad on
Facebook for Udemy with courses only costing $10 so I looked through the
offerings and noticed the same Acloud.guru courses I was contemplating buying
for $80 would only cost me $30 for the set of 3 AWS Associate classes. Excited
to take the chance at learning AWS and getting certified I purchased all 3
classes. I signed up for the free AWS account and started in on the Solutions
Architect class completing it in a month since I took a few weeks off to study some
other information pertinent to my current position. I learned a ton during that
first class and am now certain I want to learn more about AWS and get these
certifications.
To push myself more I have set a date of 31 July 2017 for taking my Solutions Architect Certification exam and will be booking the test soon. I have also registered for the 14 August 2017 AWS Summit in New York and purchased the tickets for the train up already.
To push myself more I have set a date of 31 July 2017 for taking my Solutions Architect Certification exam and will be booking the test soon. I have also registered for the 14 August 2017 AWS Summit in New York and purchased the tickets for the train up already.
Now that we are past all the fluff I
will let you know that I hope to post about what I learn, how I learn it and
hopefully by doing so I better my knowledge of the subjects I learn and maybe
help someone else learn them too. So, you see that simple purchase of a cheap
pair of Bluetooth headphones led me down a path that will lead to me getting my
AWS certifications and hopefully more as time goes on.
If you are still reading this
jumbled mess I would like to thank you for taking the time to read my ramblings
and I hope if I post something informative you got some benefit from it.
Thank you,
Matt Brown
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