S17:E4 - What is AWS and how do you become a cloud engineer (Hiroko Nishimura)

In this episode, we talk about Amazon Web Services, or AWS, with Hiroko Nishimura, AWS Hero, instructor on LinkedIn Learning and egghead.io, and creator of AWS Newbies. Hiroko talks going from IT to cloud computing, creating AWS Newbies, and some of the major cloud concepts newbies should know about that would make their journey easier when diving into cloud engineering.

Show Links

• DevDiscuss (sponsor)
• DevNews (sponsor)
• Cockroach Labs (sponsor)
• Retool (sponsor)
• CodeLand 2021 (sponsor)
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• AWS Newbies
• AWS Heroes
• Cloud computing
• Egghead.io
• Lissa Explains it All
• Notepad++
• Software as a service (SaaS)
• CSS
• HTML
• #100DaysOfCode
• jQuery
• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
• LinkedIn Learning
• AWS Lambda
• Amazon S3
• Amazon EC2
• Virtual machine
• Google Cloud: Cloud Computing Services
• freeCodeCamp: Andrew Brown
• A Cloud Guru

Hiroko Nishimura

Hiroko Nishimura is a Special Education Teacher turned IT Helpdesk Engineer turned SysAdmin turned Technical Writer and Technical Instructor, helping other "Cloud Newbies" break into AWS and cloud computing.

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