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To be a full-stack engineer, you’ll need to know quite a few things. After spending a lot of time to understand what direction I should take, I decided I want to complete a few cloud certifications to improve my knowledge of how applications are being deployed these days.
Cloud certifications encompass knowledge about how applications can be deployed for consumption by various audiences, how these affect cost, investment on hardware and privacy compared to traditional IT.
Also, note: No paid promotion by any of the courses I’ve mentioned. That’s what I used to prepare. 🤷♂️
Which Cloud Provider should you go with?
Well, this is a tough one. And it really depends on you, the company you for work and the types of applications you’re creating. But the gist of it is that almost all providers come with a similar collection of services and there’d be a few services that are unique to a specific provider. The main three being — Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Microsoft Azure (Azure) (ordered alphabetically).
So which Provider did I go with?
Having used both AWS and Azure before, I chose Microsoft Azure as the provider to go with. There isn’t any specific reason why I went with…