I'm really excited about this...

I'm so into it, there's no way I'm stopping now!

Earlier this year, I learned that the Tech industry is Thriving!‍

First I learned about Salesforce. It's an incredible platform with the average salary for a Salesforce admin is $87,784. That blew my mind, especially when I heard the training is free?! I quickly signed up and so far I've gotten a few trails under my belt... then I heard about AWS and The Cloud!

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What is The Cloud?

Here's an excerpt from Wikipedia "Cloud computing is the on-demand availability of computer system resources, especially data storage and computing power, without direct active management by the user. The term is generally used to describe data centers available to many users over the Internet."

This sounded really interesting to me so I looked into it and the salaries for positions in Cloud computing were even more than Salesforce, some going as high as 140k! So I put a pin in my Salesforce training and quickly signed up for AWS Certification preparations. At first I went with Cloud Guru, but then I switched to Linux Academy because their teaching style suited my temperament. A Cloud Guru went a bit too quickly for me. I'm brand new to this knowledge and I felt like I needed a course that used a slightly slower method of teaching.

I'll write another post comparing both platforms so you can get a better breakdown of what I mean.

At first I started taking the AWS Cloud Practitioner Course, but then I noticed that Linux Academy also had Learning Paths. A learning path is a course bundle that, once completed, you'll have the qualifications needed for the particular career/learning path you set out on. I decided to pursue the Junior AWS Cloud Engineer learning path.

The Junior AWS Cloud Engineer learning path includes courses that will prepare me for a few certifications. The certifications are:

• the LPI Linux Essentials Exam - The course for this exam teaches the basic concepts of processes, programs and the components of the Linux operating system.
• CompTIA Cloud Essentials - This course helps you understand the basic concepts that drive cloud computing and put you in position to help your organization transition to cloud computing.
• Python Development - This course is designed to teach you how to program using Python programming language.
• AWS Essentials - This is an introductory course to AWS.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate Level - This course prepares you to take the AWS Solutions Artchitect Certification exam and also gain the hands-on experience required to become a qualified AWS Solutions architect working in a real-world environment.
• AWS SysOps Administrator - This a certification based around administering applications on AWS from an operations viewpoint and gain the hands-on experience required to become a qualified AWS Systems Operator working in a real-world environment.

Right now I'm at the starting point; I'm taking the LPI Linux Essentials course. I'm about 35% complete at the time of this blog post. I'm really into it and I'm learning a lot about the Linux system that I had absolutely no idea about. It's relevant to AWS because Amazon runs AWS on their own Linux system called Amazon Linux.

I'll may write another post about what I'm learning. It's so interesting!

So this is where I'm at right now and the path that I'm taking... If you have any questions or want to add any tips or advice, please comment or contact me!