A few weeks ago I posted about Starting a New Corporate Job and not surprisingly that all went tits up not long after I made the post. Being out of the Corporate Development space for 9+ years has meant that I have a lot of catching up to do. The project I got involved with had a lot of challenges and a fairly steep learning curve....so it wasn't a great fit for me because I couldn't hit the ground running. What I've realized is that I really need to get my skillset up to date before diving in head first like that...
One of the biggest developments in recent years has been the emergence (and dominance) of Cloud Computing. At a simple level it just means moving your Application Hosting and Infrastructure into the Cloud so that someone else can take care of it for you. However, there is a bit more to it as I am now discovering. Some if it is pretty cool and I think a decent opportunity for Corporate Developers. I was previously fairly specialized in the Microsoft Technology Stack, so was using dotNET and SQL Server daily. That means the obvious choice for a Cloud Platform for me to learn is Microsoft Azure.
While I hate the idea of being a Microsoft guy (again) I acknowledge that it is what it is and bills gotta get paid. The technology itself is pretty impressive and it's come a long way since I left Corporate all those years ago. The opportunity for developers today is significant because for legacy Corporate applications it's not ideal to just be shoving out old code into the Cloud. To get the best out of platforms like Azure it's best to actually re-architect the legacy applications to take advantage of the new features the cloud offers. What this means is that there currently appears to be a LOT of jobs available for Devs who know how to use Azure properly and (unlike when I left Corporate) a lot of these roles are now able to Work from Home.
I'm considering getting some Azure Certifications which might help me plug the 9 year hole in my Resume, but maybe I can just learn the tech and get past the interviews with some old school charm and strategic use of jargon. We will have to see.
I’m sure you’ll be back kicking quickly.
Appreciate the confidence mate.
Fundamentals is the base exam, one day I might get around to it but I want someone else to pay!
I'm looking at AZ-900 now but thought that AZ-204 and AZ-400 was the logical path for me...
I see words, and on an individual basis i get what each word means.... But when you combine them into a sentence, and talk about technology stuff, for some reason, I just see &^=>£&÷&£>= ♤○$○》●♤|$& ♡○$●♤●♤◇•
Crazy how that works!
Good luck mate, looks like you need it
I don't need luck. Just need to knuckle down and have the wife and kids stop spending money like water.
Yeah, good luck with that then.... Once you figure out how to stop that, let me know so i can do the same. 🤣🤣
Isn't Azure just cloud based active directory? That's always the way I understood it. I have access to it at my job, but I am not using it.
It's more than that. I won't go into a sales pitch but you can deploy highly configurable, decentralized and scalable applications with it.
Gotcha.
I would be lost in Azure, but I've never been a tech guy beyond my own items and the ones I had in the office. But the ability to work from home for you is huge since you live far removed from the big city!
A part time gig would also be really cool since I could still do all my other stuff. I might be asking a bit much.
Azure is a popular technology and recently I have also done training for MS azure. I am a non-tech guy so many things were quite new for me. Good luck for you man
Good luck!
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In this way, these opportunities are good because every person wants to earn money by sitting at home and working at this time.
Can anyone in any country take some Azure certifications?