Give It One Year : 3 Lessons Learned From My Azure Cloud Journey

Yesterday I received a Facebook memory that one year ago I passed my Azure Data Fundamentals exam. If you’d been following me you would know that it was an adventure to say the least ( You can watch my proctored exam ‘experience’ video right here!). Seeing this memory was the reason why I wrote this article to encourage anyone who was the start of his cloud journey.

I Kept Getting Better The Farther Along I Went

It might seem cliché but deciding to start is the best way to become successful. I originally started through Ohio Means Jobs workforce development training with Amazon Web Services in 2019. Even then I told them that I wanted to be multi-cloud. I received my Azure fundamentals certification in August 2020.

Since receiving my Azure Data Fundamentals, I received the following Azure certifications:

• Azure AI Fundamentals
• Azure Administrator Associate
• Microsoft Security Fundamentals
• Azure AI Engineer Associate
• Azure Network Engineer Associate

I managed to pass two more fundamental exams and three associate exams. I prided myself on being diversified in Azure. I knew AI/ML, Big data and Azure Security. That made me a sought-after…