So I am being offered the training a cert for AWS practitioner, architect and developer for free. I have no experience in AWS or work in it. However, free high-demand skill sounds amazing. Is it worth

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I see no reason why you shouldn’t

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And perhaps you can leverage those skills/certs for more $$$ sometime in the future lol

Go all in my man. Why not.

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How is that working out for you?

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...going for it? Currently in consulting working Salesforce pojects and not sure it would turn me into a jack of all trades, master of none 😂😂😂 #goodproblems

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