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Thank you @Oracle for inviting me to the Oracle AI event in Nashville with Roger Barga, SVP of AI/ML highlighting the AI ecosystem, AI agents, & enterprise grade solutions. I Enjoyed learning about scaling AI across biometrics, support, and DevOps.
I think a lot of people were smart for getting those free Oracle certs tbh.
Even if they never work on a single Oracle system, it can still help jumpstart learning journeys and careers.
The guys who say "data engineering is dead because of AI" are the same guys who said "SQL is dead" in 2010 and 2015 and 2020 and 2025.
Remember that data is so important!
If you are data literate, it doesn't matter how the pipelines are written or generated. We will always need more data literate people in the world!
This multi-cloud cost optimization project is teaching me a lot from a FinOps perspective. Everything from spotting misconfigurations to forecasting savings across AWS, Azure, and GCP ☁️
A hiring manager told me out of his mouth verbatim that your pay as a contractor is based off the labor charges which is determined by years of experience, not certifications. He told me once I get my masters to let HR know and ask for more money.
Companies are throwing money at people who know these cloud platforms:
1️⃣ AWS
2️⃣ Microsoft Azure
3️⃣ Google Cloud (GCP)
4️⃣ IBM Cloud
5️⃣ Oracle Cloud
6️⃣ Digital Ocean
7️⃣ Alibaba Cloud
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I don’t think we as a unit talk about how beneficial AZ-900 & SC-900 are as far as Cloud certs go. 😔
The knowledge those provide, if applied correctly, can really make you production ready when combined with hands on labs.
That’s why Microsoft gives you the free credits.