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jacobwlyman t1_j5buhv0 wrote

This is super cool to see. I wonder where the AWS CDK ranks on this list. We’ve recently transitioned from Terraform to using the CDK, but use a lot of the technologies listed here like Docker, Ansible, and GitLab’s CI/CD.

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cepegma OP t1_j5f3viw wrote

For the moment, and among the job posts I analyzed, I didn't see any reference to AWS CDK. How did you manage to build your skill in CDK?

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jacobwlyman t1_j5kwlt6 wrote

So gaining AWS CDK as a skill is still a work-in-progress for me. I use the documentation a lot, along with relying on my former AWS experience to know what I need. If it’s interesting to you, I wrote a blog post on How I Learned AWS which shares my experience with AWS, but not necessarily the CDK.

We use Python and TypeScript already on our team, so changing over to using CDK instead of Terraform was a matter of consolidating our tech stack to have one fewer language to stay up-to-date on.

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cepegma OP t1_j5nixhb wrote

I read your story, nice professional journey. It looks like you changed your career. I'm curious to know, beyond the influence of your father, what was your motivation to enter the cloud domain? By the way, what did you do before going into the cloud?

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