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Working as Project manager, want to upskill myself in DevOps and the cloud. Below is the course offered by Intellipaat & IIT Roorkee looks good to me
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https://intellipaat.com/cloud-computing-certification-program-iit-roorkee/
Q1. Your views on this course
Q2.Will certification still be required if someone completes it
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If it was important for this role to code they would have made you code in the interview. I wouldnt worry.
What TPMs do varies a lot. Also, you can always do a 1/2 week introduction to python online if you want to upskill.
As a TPM you should generally understand the stages of software development (SDLC). But your main focus should be on your ability to deliver a portfolio of projects on time. Demonstrate your organization and communication skills, ability to articulate project risks, and track project milestone end dates.
You are IN. And you are IN because the panel and decisions taken thereof have discussed and made a conscious decision to hire you
Reflect on what went well during the interview process for you...and focus on that as an area to accelerate.
Enable your manager to help you by raising the concerns in a growth oriented way , for example , "I see the 2 deliverables for the next semester are focused on engineering teams releasing the core module by this date. These modules are written in Python. Will it be a good idea for me to shore up knowledge on Python and possibly collaborate and help the engineering teams as a fractional time of my work week?" ...and see what you get back in response.
TPMs don’t code. Understanding code is important but we have developers who write code.
You will focus WHAT needs to be done and developers focus on HOW it is done.
I’m a Principal Engineering Manager and I can guarantee you that you won’t be writing code
You'll be on a Windows machine so you won't be coding.
We can't let OS's divide us anymore. #UnitedOperatingSystems
Typically an internship at Microsoft is very relaxed from my observations. You’re more there to learn, observe, participate when you feel comfortable and most importantly, get involved in the cultural and D&I initiatives. You’re almost 100% unlikely to be put on any customer-facing or business critical work. Congrats on landing the internship and don’t forget to breath, enjoy! And remember, you’re there to learn not drive the P&L single-handedly! You got this.
In other words, the your internship is to cold call your D.I.E. network until you find a real coder of the same D.I.E classes. Why else would D.I.E. involvement be the "most important" part?
If it was a coding role, they will definitely test your skills with a case study. If they didn’t then you’re ok. Since it’s an internship, the role is naturally designed to further your education and expertise so they know they are investing in up-skilling your knowledge (in coding or otherwise). They’re also not gonna throw you into the fire day 1 assuming you know all coding. You’ll be fine
From the Microsoft videos I've seen there is one popular tpm who was coding to show the dev community how to use the features in the code... You will probably demo the azure cloud services and features that your team is developing.
You likely won’t be coding as a TPM, but it may help you to be able to read code and navigate code repositories. However, that’s likely not something you’ll be required to do on day 1. As you learn more about your project(s), including what technology, languages and devops tools they use, you may take it upon yourself to explore online. But if I were in your shoes I would not we worried, more like excited for what all you’re going to learn.
When in doubt, stackoverflow — but seriously, it doesn’t sound like you’ll have to code but leetcode is great for learning. I’m also a big fan of Udemy courses.
Being any kind of "Manager" or any kind of leadership role without experience, is kind of like being a overseer on a slave farm; where the coding is done by visa bound workers under your leadership. However, this is a trap for the overseer, because without coding skill you will not be able to leave that farm to work elsewhere.
I too started in a leadership role fresh out of college, thinking it would short cut me up the ranks, only to find the lack of coding experience prevented me get most management jobs.