091: How to Start Your Cloud Journey with Chirag Nayyar

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In this episode I catch up with Chirag Nayyar who is working towards helping businesses make that shift into the cloud. Chirag comes from a background in computer science and shares the experience of his journey into the cloud coming straight out of university.

In this episode, we talk about…

Chirag’s background and journey into the Cloud field
Starting on the Azure platform gave Chirag a good foundation in the Cloud space
Getting good at one platform allows one to make sense of other platforms
The Google, AWS, and other Cloud communities have played a major part in (guest name) career
People struggle with the intimidation that comes with having conversations and speaking
Practice is always required no matter how much confidence you may have
Thoughts on the Alibaba Cloud platform and it’s presence in Asia
Great certification tips from the plethora of certificates that Chirag has under his belt (24)
Understanding the implementation of certified knowledge is one of the biggest setbacks
Challenges presented when coming from a background in computer science
Leverage your existing experience rather than starting from scratch in a career switch

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