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A return to writing

Originally, I began my portfolio / blog site back in 2021 towards the beginning of my career. However, I only ever attempted to write a few times, as I was never really been one to put content out in the open. As I continue to grow in my career, I have began to realize how important it is to write things down. Not just ones thoughts, but also learn how to explain things clearly.

Obtaining my first certification

My first professional certification I had never really thought about getting a professional certification, until it was highly encouraged by upper management at my current company. At first I thought it would be a relatively easy thing to achieve, but after learning more about it, I became uncertain. The certification I was going for was the AWS Certified Solution Architect - Associate, and to achieve this, it required passing an exam consisting of 65 questions and scoring 720 or higher out of 1000.

Contributing to Open Source

Contributing to Open Source I want to start this off by saying that it is hard to contribute to open source projects, at least for me. Contributing has always seemed kind of illusive, but also something that I have wanted to do for a while. The most difficult part for me (I think) is how I might seem to others, whenever I be create an issue, submit a pull request, or even just comment on a project.

A return to writing

Planted June 22, 2024

Originally, I began my portfolio / blog site back in 2021 towards the beginning of my career. However, I only ever attempted to write a few times, as I was never really been one to put content out in the open. As I continue to grow in my career, I have began to realize how important it is to write things down. Not just ones thoughts, but also learn how to explain things clearly. This is when I stumbled upon the concept of the digital garden. And it made perfect sense. As I learn new things, explore new concepts, or just want to share some thoughts or ideas, I can write these down in a permenant way and allow my knowlege (or garden) to be shared to anyone who wants to see it. I see this as a win-win to both improve my written communication and allowing myself an outlet for sharing information that I have collected.

So this begins the start of my digital garden. Similar to my physical garden at home that I have started, it begins small, but will continue to grow and flourish as long as I provide the proper attention. My hope is that I can continue to share my ideas and learnings at a consistent frequency.

Early Garden