Getting a feel for subjects

I wanted to get a feel for the areas of GCP that the certification would be looking into. This is their official overview and a couple of google searches led me to this overview

Looks like a mix of:

• SRE Principles
• Stackdriver monitoring/logging awareness
• Tooling associated with DevOps like Terraform and Jenkins
• GKE (basically Kubernetes)

To take the mock exam or not?

I also wondered as to whether I should take a go at the mock exam or not. If I do then it might help me understand the gaps between current accumulated knowledge and required certificate knowledge.

For now I've decided to hold off - favouring knowledge accumulation and hearing from others before testing my own awareness.

 SRE Refresh

Its been some time since I went over the Google SRE book and I've never had professional guidance on this so I'll get started with hearing first hand about SRE principles. Making a start with the SRE course on Coursera