AWS She Builds CloudUp SAA : This Is NOT A Game!

After receiving such great feedback from Twitter (and LinkedIn) regarding my AWS She Builds video https://carlarjenkins.com/my-aws-she-builds-cloud-up-twitter-video-received-over-550-views/ , I have decided to create a series. This is the first installment.

Backstory: I initially enrolled in this AWS She Builds CloudUp TAM (Technical Account Manager) but later learned that this was the wrong event so I was enrolled in the current CloudUp Solutions Architect Associate program — so here I am.

If you’ve been reading my prior posts on www.carlarjenkins.com (and I know you have!) then you would know that this program started April 27, 2022. It is also originated in Australia.. I am in Eastern Standard Time so the hours can get weird; but, luckily the Thursday workshop is at 11:30am EDT and today’s 2-hour webinar starts at 5pm EDT (That is 7am Saturday Australia West time).

This Friday we had a 2-hour training going over the basics (EC2, RDS (relational database service) and S3. She also discussed AWS skills builder for free training. We did get breaks on…