H2 2024 Update

Well...we're alittle over 1 month into the second half of 2024. It's been a bizarre July filled with a hurricane, a vacation, and some unexpected twists and turns.

Let's go over the TODO list of the things that I know I need to do.

• Take and pass the GitHub Foundations exam (holdover from H1 2024)
• Renew Information Protection and Compliance Administrator Associate (< 9/28/2024) - Completed 8/6/2024
• Renew Identity and Access Administrator Associate (< 10/9/2024) - Completed 8/7/2024
• Renew Security Operations Analyst Associate (< 10/28/2024) - Completed 8/8/2024
• Renew Cybersecurity Architect Expert (< 11/21/2024) - Completed 8/9/2024
• Give gRPC + .NET: Lessons from the Trenches talk to NHDNUG in September 2024
• Attend HDNUG meetings
• Attend NHDNUG meetings
• Attend HAUG meetings
• Attend Clear Measure Architect Forums
• brainstorm ideas for another talk to give in 2025 (maybe with more of a Azure-cloud flavor?)

And then the areas that still need more clarification:

• Decide on a cert path to go down
  • GitHub - Actions, Advanced Security, Administration
  • Azure AI - AI-900, AI-102
  • AWS - AI Practitioner, Solutions Architect Associate, Developer, DevOps Engineer, Solutions Architect Professional

That's all I've got so far. I still need to have some conversations with people at work to figure out what I need to prioritize with respect to my employer. I'll provide an update when I have one.