I spent 24 hours feeling sorry for myself. I had already started studying the AWS Certified Solution Architect - Associate as I wanted to be prepared if I got an offer from Amazon. Now was their no reason to continue the preparation for the exam?
What was I going to do? I decided to continue to study for the exam, and credential myself. Possible with the end goal of either going back to work for Amazon or working somewhere else. Certification couldn’t hurt me.
It had been over a decade since I was last certified. At one point, I had multiple networking certifications from Nortel, my CCNA, CCDA, CCNP and was studying for a CCIE. The process is always hard, but I love learning. So I decided to push forward with my AWS certification.