2016 has been another crazy year for me, and 2017 is just as crazy. I’ve been putting off updating my site for a while (a whole year). So here is a summary update of just some of the things I’ve been working on for 2016 and the first few months of 2017.
Certifications: I am now a Puppet Certified Professional 2016, I guess if its not obvious, I’ve been working even more heavily with Puppet, going to training, writing modules, etc. This was my first certification and I will say the test is very difficult testing you on every obscure area of Puppet, and it changes a lot between versions. If you’re studying for this exam, you need to practically read all their documentation on top of training and having real life experience. Their are study guides, I also just recently obtained certification as an IBM Certified System Administrator for WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment V8.5.5 and Liberty Profile. Mostly because I’ve been working with it heavily for a while so the certification was just a formality, I barely studied for that one.
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