Seventeenth Google Cloud Jumpstart Session Recap : Met The Mentor + Mentee Tips

Today I have finally met my mentor. She works for an IT tech distributor (pretty cool because I have not heard of that type of company before!). We’ve spoken about Google Cloud Platform (GCP) (the company also has an AWS and Azure practice). I may need a GCP cert depending upon which job I apply to with the company. This aligns with my passing my GCP Cloud Digital Leader and Associate Cloud Engineers this year.

Another thing that I have learned during my first mentor meeting is about reselling. Yes, I have been an eBay reseller (check the www.carlarjenkins.com archives for it) but no one has talked about being a tech reseller. Maybe that is a job that I should consider.

I’ve mentioned my becoming a Microsoft cybersecurity architect expert this month which is a big achievement (and I will keep talking about it whether or not the job is Azure-related!). She says that I should review whether or not I want to stay on the consulting side or the reseller side where I will do actual cloud deployment. That’s a great idea because I…