Thoughts, stories, ideas and programming
So I finally got that AWS certification I have been dreaming of for a few years. On the 8th of June 2023, I obtained the AWS Solutions Architect Associate certification and a few days after, I am still recovering from the Exam preparation adrenaline.
When you are young and still living at your parent's house, you had dreams of when you will become a grown-up, move out, have your own place and do WHATEVER you want. The dream is real to an extent except, no one warned you of the responsibilities that come with that level of freedom. In the end, you get to do whatever you want, but the constraints are no longer placed on you by your parents but now by life itself.
Life throws opportunities that you never expected or weren't exactly prepared for. At first you are scared but plodding along and realising there was nothing to it, reveals the fear was all in your head.
For the bulk of my career at least in the last seven to eight years, PHP, the web's programming language, has featured predominantly in my CV. It paid the bills, I devoted time to honing my skills and keeping up with frameworks and new language features as the language grew.
After recently undergoing numerous job interviews and getting a glimpse at what is expected of new candidates, I felt a bit of fear for anyone starting out in the field of computer science and tech. There is just too much out there to learn.