How to Get Ahead of 99% of Cloud Learners

In Today’s Cloudbites:

🤓 How to Get Ahead of 99% of Cloud Learners

🚀 5 Cloud Project Ideas to Build Your Skills

☁️ Online Cloud Events to Look Forward to

🤫 PLUS: AWS Releases 2 New AI Certifications!

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Hi friends, welcome back to Cloudbites

Today, I’ll share some strategies and resources to help you succeed faster in your Cloud learning journey. I’ll also share an update on Google’s Pixel 9 lineup.

CLOUD COMPUTING ☁️

🤓 How to Get Ahead of 99% of Cloud Learners

The rising demand for AWS and Cloud solutions has attracted many individuals to enter and seek career opportunities in the Cloud.

But how do you stand out amongst other job seekers? 

Here are 5 strategies that the top 1% of Cloud learners use:

#1 Work with a goal in mind

Whenever you work on something, it’s very helpful to picture the end result. Having a clear end goal helps you stay focused.

Visualizing what you’d like to achieve—like landing a dream role—can keep you motivated through challenges. 

For instance, if you're aiming to be a Cloud Support Engineer, focus on skills like troubleshooting and Cloud infrastructure rather than getting distracted by less relevant areas like UI/UX design.

#2 Leverage AI

AI is transforming the world, especially the Cloud industry. Treating AI tools as your ally could help you succeed faster. 

You can use AI in creating a personalized learning plan, finding learning resources, and even quizzing yourself for AWS certification exams.

If you’d like to know more about how to utilize AI for Cloud learning, check out my YouTube video on How to Learn AWS Cloud FAST Using ChatGPT.

#3 Build real-world projects

Although theoretical knowledge is valuable, honing your practical Cloud skills by having hands-on experience is important to impress potential employers.

You can start small by following tutorials on beginner-friendly Cloud projects like building a daily task scheduler.

Once you’ve built several guided projects, you can expand your comfort zone by selecting more complex and personalized projects. 

#4 Stay up to date with industry updates

AWS and other Cloud providers are always releasing new services and updates. To stay ahead of the curve, you must keep up with these changes.

One thing you could do to remain updated is to subscribe to newsletters like this one and receive the latest news in the industry. 

You could also consider attending local and virtual events to elevate your visibility in the Cloud community. 

#5 Prepare for interviews

Skills and certifications are important, but it is your interview performance that determines your career progression.

You’ll be asked both technical and behavioral questions, so it's important to prepare—and for companies like AWS, understanding their leadership principles is a must.

By knowing this in advance, you’ll have more time to prepare examples from past experiences that demonstrate your problem-solving and communication skills.

If you’re interested in knowing more strategies to accelerate your Cloud learning journey, check out my YouTube video on How to Get Ahead of 99% of Cloud Learners. 

🚀 5 Cloud Project Ideas to Build Your Skills

1. Daily Task Scheduler Application: Use Amazon PartyRock to create a tool that helps users organize their tasks.

2. Image Labels Generator: Build an application using Amazon Rekognition to automatically label images.

3. Text Narrator Application: Develop a project using Amazon Polly to convert text into speech.

4. Language Translation Bot: Create a bot using Amazon Lex for translating languages.

5. Bucket List Tracker Application: Use AWS Amplify to build an app that helps users track and manage their bucket list items.

These projects will not only develop your practicel skills, but also demonstrate how you’ve applied your knowledge to solve real-world scenarios to your employers.

For a step-by-step guide in building these 5 projects, check out my guidebook for best Cloud practices: 5 Beginner AWS Cloud Projects: Complete Step-by-Step Guide.

If you’re interested in purchasing the guidebook, you can apply the coupon code “YT10” for 10% off (exclusive to Cloudbites readers).

☁️ Online Cloud Events to Look Forward to

#1 AWS – AWS Power Hour: ML Engineer Associate (Aug 16 - Sept 20)

Reinforce your knowledge of Machine Learning (ML), identify areas for improvement, and gain valuable insights to help you prepare for success on exam day.

Click here to start. 

#2 Azure – Data Fundamentals (Aug 19 & 20)

Learn about Azure relational database services and Azure Storage for non-relational data, and discover the benefits of Azure Cosmos DB, a fast NoSQL database with open APIs for any scale.

Click here to register. 

#3 Azure – Fundamentals (Aug 21 & 22)

Develop an understanding of foundational Cloud concepts and expand your knowledge of cloud models and service types.

Click here to register. 

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 🤖

🤫 PLUS: AWS Releases 2 New AI Certifications!

AWS recently announced that it’s launching 2 new certifications on AI, ML and generative AI called “AWS Certified AI Practitioner” and “AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer – Associate”.

These certifications are designed to enhance your career prospects in the rapidly expanding AI and cloud technology industries.

📚 Here are some free exam prep courses to help you prepare:

• AWS Certified AI Practitioner

• AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer – Associate

You can now register for these certification exams. I’ve personally booked in for the AWS Certified AI Practitioner!

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