My 12 month Technical Learning Path/Pledge

Published on 10 November 2016 by Christopher Lewis. Words: 353. Reading Time: 2 mins.

The following is a list of the technical skills and exams/certification that I am looking to obtain within the next 12 months. I am putting this out in the public domain so that I try and stick to it.

VMware

• VMware Certified Advanced Professional 6 - Cloud Management and Automation Design - Completed - 03/2016
• VMware Certified Advanced Professional 6 - Cloud Management and Automation Deploy - Completed - 07/2017
• VMware Certified Advanced Professional 6 - Data Center Virtualisation Design - Completed - 03/2016
• VMware Certified Advanced Professional 6 - Data Center Virtualisation Deploy - Completed - 11/2016
• VMware Certified Professional 6 - Network Virtualisation - Completed - 03/2017
• VMware Certified Professional 7 - Cloud Management and Automation - Added 06/2017 - Completed - 06/2017
• VMware Certified Advanced Professional 6 - Network Virtualization - Added 06/17 - Scheduled for Q3 - Completed 09/2017
• VMware Certified Advanced Professional 7 - Cloud Management and Automation Deploy - Added 06/17 - awaiting release.
• VMware Certified Advanced Professional 7 - Cloud Management and Automation Design - Added 06/17 - Completed 09/2017.
• VMware Certified Professional 6.5 - Data Center Virtualisation - Added 10/17 - Completed 2017
• VMware Certified Advanced Professional 6.5 - Data Center Virtualisation Design - Added 10/17 - Completed Q4 2018
• VMware Certified Advanced Professional 6.5 - Data Center Virtualisation Deploy - Added 10/17 - awaiting release.

VMware VCDX

• VMware VCDX6 DCV submission or VMware VCDX6 CMA submission - on hold subject to a suitable design

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate - Schedule for Q4 2017 (Updated)
• AWS Certified SysOps - Associate - Scheduled for Q1 2018 (Updated)
• AWS Certified Developer - Associate - Schedule for Q4 2017 (Updated)

Microsoft

• Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert: Cloud Platform and Infrastructure - Scheduled for Q4 2017 (Updated)
• Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate: Cloud Platforms - Scheduled for Q2 2018 (Updated)
• Microsoft Certified Associate: Windows 2016 - Scheduled for Q4 2017 (Updated)

Will I obtain all of the certifications? Maybe not but at least it will give me a focus!

I’ll update this regularly with my progress and any new challenges I want to take on!

Published on 10 November 2016 by Christopher Lewis. Words: 353. Reading Time: 2 mins.

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