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Most people pick tech skills randomly. I did business research first. Studied government contracts, analyzed what Fortune 500 companies actually use, looked for market demand. Passion doesn't pay bills, demand does. Use AI to act like a Gartner analyst and map your learning path.…
A good friend of mine got AWS certified (pro architect), then got the Azure pro certs. They earn $500k+/yr helping customers migrate from Azure to AWS, AWS to Azure, and advising on multi-cloud architecture. The Azure certs are what set them apart from the crowd.
There is actually a big demand Azure because most people pick AWS.
A good guy at my old job was telling me to look into Engineering management, I think I may consider it. It can make a huge difference in compensation too depending on where you work. He was also da bruhz and extremely talented. Thats him on the right
There is a need for black men in management But yall want to be solo acts
In high school we REALLY thought this was bad as steroids , we had no idea what we were talking about.
We have so many resources available to us but people don't even do basic google searches anymore. People want everything spoonfed now.
It's a huge need. Everytime a new CIO/CTO comes in, they want to rearchitect everything and use the cloud service they prefer. Having expertise in multiple competing platforms is like being a double-agent making money in every decision.
I interviewed so much that after a certain point I was able to tell if I got the job within 5 minutes of the interview.
One of the most underrated tools for getting access to higher levels of 9-5 money is interviewing well One reason I'm always saying work on your confidence When you're sure of who you are, and can speak to your talents and gifts people are more willing to buy into you
This. Ask it to explain tough concepts using analogies and laymen’s terms. Very helpful when making your way through courses and tutorials. Also use it to help walk you through troubleshooting project issues.
Your biggest advantage in tech right now isn't another course. It's having an AI mentor available 24/7. Ask it for project ideas, real-world scenarios, five-year forecasts. I didn't have that luxury when I started with just YouTube and blogs.
Did this with Grok. After I told it to make me a schedule for the next six months from when I wake up to when I sleep, I know exactly what to work on. I even told it the exact Udemy courses, my exact school classes, my work schedule, gym, etc. it tailored everything
Everyone's buying courses without a plan. Here's what I wish someone told me when I started: Ask ChatGPT or Claude to make you a complete career roadmap. Not just what to learn, but the actual A to B path. Then find courses that match each step. Game changer.
Watching the news go from “bitcoin is a scam” to this makes me feel like we’re in the real life 1984 or the hunger games.
JUST IN: Jim Cramer says he wants to "own" Bitcoin and ETH for his kids because it's a hedge against US national debt.
Me Udemy and ChatGPT learning Ansible cause I don't got $9k for RHLS- premium Gonna make it work
Your biggest advantage in tech right now isn't another course. It's having an AI mentor available 24/7. Ask it for project ideas, real-world scenarios, five-year forecasts. I didn't have that luxury when I started with just YouTube and blogs.
Your biggest advantage in tech right now isn't another course. It's having an AI mentor available 24/7. Ask it for project ideas, real-world scenarios, five-year forecasts. I didn't have that luxury when I started with just YouTube and blogs.
Apply this same logic to a kubernetes flavor of your choice and thank me later.
The fastest path to multi-cloud isn’t juggling AWS, Azure, and GCP tutorials—it’s going deep in one cloud, solving real business needs, then letting companies pay you to expand. Mastery is attractive. Confusion is expensive.
These are good starts ensure you provide plenty of context such as learning styles, academic achievements so it can be more customized to you bs general advice. Even ask ai to ask you auestions about your goals time you have to study, etc.
The nerd of me can only think of Doc Brown but this is crazy.
we have signed a deal for an additional 4.5 gigawatts of capacity with oracle as part of stargate. easy to throw around numbers, but this is a _gigantic_ infrastructure project. some progress photos from abilene:
Everyone's buying courses without a plan. Here's what I wish someone told me when I started: Ask ChatGPT or Claude to make you a complete career roadmap. Not just what to learn, but the actual A to B path. Then find courses that match each step. Game changer.