You already know what it is

So when people say once you find a job and start working at that job, little things you did to GET said job stop. Lol. In my case, keeping up with this blog, continuing to build little personal projects, you get the idea. I am still at that job from my last post! Since then I've been on 2 project teams - creating a marketing website using React, TypeScript, Next.js, Material UI and a headless CMS called Contentful and a short stint on a project working with ETL tools such as Informatica and MuleSoft.

So what are you doing now?

I enjoyed working in different areas of a full stack application but I wasn't "web dev is life" or anything like that. My job has a career matrix that gives you a list/path to take for promotion. Some of the items on that list include completing 2 formal trainings in a different tech, internal hours and completing 1 Associate Level certification of my choice. My first choice was Azure. I started the training and just well, fell off. I think it was because I was nearing the finish line with my first project and we just didn't have the time to focus on anything else.

Eventually that project ends, a new one begins but I'm in a holding pattern. I managed to get 1 of the 2 formal trainings knocked off the list though! So I figured let's try this cloud thing again. But this time, AWS. So that's what I did. I used my downtime (and after work hours time lol) to study for AWS Cloud Practitioner's Course. I looked at my calendar and picked a random Wednesday about 2 weeks away and scheduled my exam. That Wednesday was yesterday and I passed. :)

Now I am using what I learned in that Foundational course to tackle my 2 formal training!

Future Plans

Once I complete that second formal training. I plan to go ahead and start studying for the AWS Developer Certification and work through the Cloud Resume Challenge. So here's to updating this blog in 6-8 months with news of completing all that and a promotion or new gig. :)

Peace