I got ghosted by my mentor. It was totally unexpected. No email, no note, no exit interview with a calendar invite. Just nothing. I emailed her twice and when she did not response, I got the hint that it … Continued
I came with the ideas and talking points for this GCP mentoring session. I was the one who said that we should go through our tech contacts to see if they still worked there. My mentor told me that … Continued
Friday, January 20, 2023, Google laid off 6% of its global workforce. This was shocking because this news came two days after Microsoft laid off people. Tech is getting banged up right now. These layoffs trickle down to the … Continued
January 18, 2023 is my one-year anniversary of being in the Google Cloud Jumpstart Associate Cloud Engineer Program. It has been an eventful year for my GCP cloud journey. I will admit that I have not completed the entire … Continued
I know that I am late with this entry. My mentoring meeting was Friday, January 6, 2023 (My mentor was traveling January 2, 2023 so she rescheduled). I will break this down into the good, the bad and the ugly. … Continued
This most likely would be the final GCP Jumpstart entry of 2022 unless I write about my New Year’s goals. I would like to thank each and every single one of you for reading my GCP Jumpstart series. Your patronage … Continued
I am back with my final GCP mentoring session recap for 2022. Our next meeting will be in 2023. I have just had it this Monday, December 19, 2022 and want to get it out to you in case you’re … Continued
In between Monday’s GCP mentoring session and today, a GCP recruiter reached out to me regarding my resume on Wednesday. I applied for a GCP position 2 weeks after formally receiving my GCP Cloud Digital Leader email and badge. I … Continued
I had my GCP Jumpstart mentoring session this past Monday. I admitted that it was disappointed because there was no real movement happening. I would also admit that I just came off a long illness so I did not … Continued
This blog post is a continuation of the 25th GCP session recap because I am conducting an informational interview with the GCP cloud engineer who works at my mentor’s company. FYI – Informational interviews ARE NOT job interviews. Please don’t … Continued
