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Still Moving Forward

Just about to finish Course 3, Networks and Network Security as part of the Google Cybersecurity Professional Certification.

Struggled over the past week or so after having an operation under general anesthetic, I'm not used to staying in one place for a long time or lying for extended periods, its wreaked havoc on my body.

But I'm back at it, smashed course and coming to the end of course 3. Done some practise projects and learnt a lot of stuff. Been getting distracted a lot by wanting to engage with more knowledge so I end up talking to Gemini a lot (yes I have moved away from ChatGPT).

Used Gemini to help me setup Ubuntu and start using the command line to perform some basic tasks as I start to understand that more. Even got my daughter who is five to play some text based games with me, it's all she wants to do now.

It has made me think about IT education when I was in school. We were shown some basic website access stuff and how to use excel but no one ever taught us terminal and other backend techniques that could have inspired us more. I do remember talking to the technician a few times when I forgot a password or needed help with something, I remember being impressed by the technology he was surrounded. That must have been over 25 years ago.

rambling now. Anyway, I'm back at it and looking to smash it all by Sunday 10th November, it's now Thursday.

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Finished Course 1 of the Google Cyber Security Certification.

Took a few days off from the cyber course because I've been chocka with work and I also went off on several tangents. I started a Data Science course using K means clustering, I started a Psychology course and found a few AI and climate change courses I'd like to do. Finally got back to the Cyber course today - I will say that even though I do have a tendency to engage my wandering mind I found my way back to the cyber course an felt the same enthusiasm as I did when I first started; which is a rarity for me I'll be honest.

I did however keep my mind somewhat focused on the cyber security stuff by watching the Hack Google series on YouTube. Through this I obviously went off onto other tangents and watched an interesting video about Google Research working with wild fire researchers to enable earlier detection systems and better modelling to fight the fires and save more lives. This is the importance of data and this is what we are capable of as a species, data is not just an advertisers wet dream.

Anyway on to course 2 which is Play It Safe: Manage Security Risks.

I wonder how I could create a career using these newly gained skills to help in the climate crisis fight? That would be a worthwhile career.

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I Need To Make A Change!

For a long time I’ve needed out of the construction industry, I’m not meant to be in it I’ve never felt comfortable. Granted it’s not the only thing I’ve ever done but it’s the thing that has been the most consistent in my life, mainly because most of my dad’s side of the family are roofers.

It’s finally time to make the change to something more fulfilling, even though I’ve not got any experience in the digital world I feel I can take that leap and apply my skills to a new field.

Im just sharing the experience of learning and gaining certification’s. I started the Google Cybersecurity Certificate training on Corsera 3 days ago.

The course eases you gently and allows you to build a vocabulary before it really gets going.

I’ll share what I can here, mainly just to get it out my head and converse with myself.