2018 Retro
Posted in Azure, AzureDevOps
I’m not a huge fan of dwelling on past accomplishments, I’m more interested in what’s to come but here goes…
Last year involved the following:
- Got a new job as Head of Development Services for Sword IT
- Worked on a large Azure web app with Azure Functions and CosmosDB project straight out the gate
- Invited onto the board for the Glasgow Azure User Group where I help organise the meetups
- Spoke at the first Glasgow Azure Global Bootcamp
- Organising the 2019 Glasgow Azure Global Bootcamp
- Feature in the top 20 Featured Azure Blogs https://blog.feedspot.com/microsoft_azure_blogs/
- Sat 8 azure exams (7 betas) within 4 months – I knew zero Azure at the start of 2018.
- Passed the Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions (70-535 exam)
- Wrote 49 blog posts mostly on Azure and Azure Devops
- First ever Open Source PR accepted (for docs.microsoft.com)
- Self nominated for MVP
- Passed 2000 followers on Twitter
- Technical Reviewer for an Azure related book
- Started recording YouTube video’s on Azure Devops
Things to look forward to
- Learning more Azure and Azure Devops
- Starting a podcast (more to come soon)
- Invited to something special this month (more to come soon)
- 2 golf holidays before middle of February
- Passing the Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Certification Transition (70-302) Exam
This year more of the same with a visit to Microsoft Ignite (November) planned and hopefully the Ignite Tour in London late Feb.
