Posts Tagged ‘certification’
E*TRADE Backup Withholding Tax
Disclaimer This isn’t tax or investment advice – if you need those things speak to a professional. This is simply a story of a scary thing that happened, and (thankfully) worked out in the end. TL;DR If you’re in the process of re-certifying your tax status, E*TRADE take this as ‘not presently certified’ (even if […]
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Tags: 24%, certification, E*TRADE, E-Trade, eTrade, re-certification, re-certify, support, tax, W8, W8-BEN, withholding
TL;DR Amazon Web Services Certified Solution Architect Professional (AWS CSA Pro) took me a lot more time to study for than Google Cloud Platform Professional Cloud Architect (GCP PCA). They fundamentally test the same skills in terms of matching appropriate services to customer needs, but there’s just more of AWS, and greater fractal detail (that’s […]
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Tags: amazon, Associate, aws, certification, cloud, CSA, GCP, google, PCA, Pro
Certification
TL;DR Knowing how the cloud works is becoming essential knowledge in the IT industry, and getting certification is a reliable way of ensuring that knowledge is consistent and tested. Background Yesterday this excellent cartoon showed up in Forrest Brazeal’s ‘FaaS and Furious‘ strip, it’s very timely as certification has been a hot topic at work […]
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