Two Part: Transitioning from College to Career; GCP ACE Study Group Session Zero

Part One: 

Aaron Linder is concerned about the amount of college students not working or unable to find work with CS degrees. This talk addresses some of these issues and looks for solutions. Some head sight is provided how to fit Into the global developer community, and gain insight into how to collaborate with businesses from Aaron’s jobber (software component manufacturing)

Part Two:
If you’re serious about preparing for the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Associate Cloud Engineer (ACE) exam, then join our study group! We have support from our community, from subject matter experts, and from Google as well.

This will be the first meeting in a series of seven where we will focus on specific subjects to help you prepare for the exam.
For this session, our focus will be to examine the test questions and answers in order to diagnose areas that we need to focus on in the commng weeks.

important: please review and complete this Cloud Skills Boost course in order to come prepared to the session! It’s important because it helps you learn what you need to study and will give you an impression of what to expect from the exam The link is below:

https://www.cloudskillsboost.google/course_templates/77

Important: please RSVP to this event in order to receive sponsored access to Cloud Skills Boost. This should grant you full access to the website once the actual study jam begins

This is a hybrid event. Join the event virtually at https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-sacramento-presents-two-part-transitioning-from-college-to-career-gcp-ace-study-group-session-zero/
or in person at

Bloom Workspaces – 2014 Capitol Avenue Sacramento, 95811

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Agenda

6:00 PM: Welcome

This is time for people to mingle and to get to the venue after work is over

6:30 PM: Presentation: Transitioning from College to Career (Aaron Linder)

Aaron Linder will talk about his experience as a relatively recent graduate school graduate and share his advice for all interested parties

7:15 PM: GCP Cloud Study Jam Session Zero: Exam Prep Review

Michael Brennock will begin a review of the questions and topics from the GCP ACE exam prep course. Please complete as much of this assessment in advance of the meeting as possible:
https://www.cloudskillsboost.google/course_templates/77

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Speakers

Aaron Linder

Michael Brennock – GDG Sacremento (Organizer)

Hosted By

Alain Chautard, Angular Guru

Alain Chautard is a Google Developer Expert in Web Technologies / Angular. He started working with Angular JS in 2011. Since then he has worked with all Angular versions on a daily basis, both as a developer and as a technical trainer. He is the organizer of the Google Developer Group chapter in Sacramento, California, and published author of several video courses.

Magendiran Ganesan, GDG Organizer

Senior Software Engineer at Vision Service Plan (VSP).

E A, WTM Ambassador & WTM Lead

My research interest is at the intersection of cybersecurity, data security, data and privacy policy, and how all of these are affected by human factors.

Michael Brennock, Software Engineer

I’ve worked at a few different companies over the years and seen a mix of interesting technologies and practices. I can’t say I know everything there is to know, but I’m willing to learn and to share it with others!

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Partners

TekSystems (https://www.teksystems.com/)
Event food catering

Bloom Workspaces (https://bloomworkspaces.com/)

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Complete your event RSVP here: https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-sacramento-presents-two-part-transitioning-from-college-to-career-gcp-ace-study-group-session-zero/.