Day 730 of 100 Days of Cloud : Year 2 Loading

What a difference 2 years make! I mean when I started 100 days of cloud challenge on July 5, 2020. I just wanted to get my Azure Fundamentals certification and call myself multi-cloud (I had two AWS certifications). However, I learned that Oracle Cloud was offering a free certification promotion so I passed the Foundations Associate, I started getting good at cloud, networked with other cloud enthusiasts and like the old saying went ‘the rest was history.’

Why Do I Keep Going After 100 Days?

There is so much personal and professional growth. I would adamantly say that with each 100-day cycle I have gotten better and better. I have also landed paying opportunities and the recruiters have sought me out for better opportunities.

I will you an example: Now in July 2022, a top 3 public cloud recruiter reached out to me for a Cloud Product Manager position. That quality of opportunity (top public cloud) and the recruiter reaching would not had happened in July 2020.

I will say that even in between year 1 (day 365) versus now (day 730), I have grown professionally and sharpened a lot of my skills. I have completed 1 whole year of AWS Community Builders. I have also gotten into Deloitte Salesforce Consulting Program, GCP Jumpstart Associate Cloud Engineer and won the $1500…