Twenty-Second Google Cloud Jumpstart Session Recap : Job Search Integrity and In-Demand Certs

This mentoring session comes on the heels of Google acquiring cybersecurity firm Madiant. This means that Google is trying to beef up Google Cloud Platform (GCP) cloud security. This is very big news when it comes to being in GCP Jumpstart mentoring because the focus is GCP. This news is a big factor in today’s mentoring session.

Recap

We recap with my last week Wednesday meeting. The mentor’s company had AWS, Azure and GCP design pre-sales engineer. He mentioned that he wanted a second GCP engineer but did not have the funding. The current GCP engineer had his Associate Cloud Engineer (ACE) and Professional Cloud Architect (PCA) certifications. Certification would factor into today’s meeting too.

Cloud Job Descriptions

First, I ask her if design pre-sales engineer is the same as the technical account manager position. She asks me if I have a GCP job description which, of course, I do. I forward it to her which she will then forward to someone internal who can verify if it’s a similar cloud position.

Resume Review

Second, is the resume recap. I am very proud that my mentor says that I have a lot of meat on my resume. This matters a lot…