First retake I gotta do. Sorry for the late post but if I had to guess I was probably just about 3-5 questions away from passing out of 66. D487 has a lot of terms and I will need to study up on them as well as the differences between AGILE/Waterfall.
Thankfully I'm still ahead by 2 months. Hoping to do a course once a month but I will try to get a retake scheduled soon and start on D488 next.
The last 2 classes including the capstone fortunately are just papers.
Nothing major to note, just been studying for D487. I didn't do too bad during the practice OA but I think I'll take another practice one and hop in for the actual exam sometime next week.
I did just release the first version of my web rpg framework that was help built using AI. Now that the source is up, I hope someone can make something cool with it. Otherwise, I'll be going through and refactoring and doing bug fixes when I see it. I already got a project board up for it so I'll be doing that.
I'm not in the tech game anymore, I begin my job as a PI in a short few weeks. It was easier to find a job in non-IT/tech. At least I'll get to exercise my CMJS degree. I'll work as a PI for a bit and use that as experience to get into digital investigations or cyber crime.
My last portion of Fin Aid has pulled through with them loans but I am defientily starting my last term now. 4 classes left, 6 months to go. D487 is back and I'm hoping to finish the study materials by the end of the weekend and study for the exam next week.
Started work on idleMirage, I'll try to post as much as I can on it as I'm messing around with AI while implementing my own logic and testing for it. It's to create a newbie friendly PBBG framework where people can learn and build their own webgames like it's the early 90s again.
https://github.com/DjKniteX/idlemirage
Just finished moving to Texas, dropped my Secure System Design Class as I wasn't going to finish it on time but I will start the April term next week.
Will see you guys then.
I got the results for D485 about a day after I submitted and passed it first try! A lot of folks seems to hate this class and I will say that the PA was kind of tedious but overall it was not that bad especially since I was unfamiliar with Azure Cloud and was able to learn as I go.
I forgot where I saw it but if you are about to take D485 - Cloud Security, I would say try to find the PA template as it gives you tips/notes on what they expect and it helped a lot with writing the PA. I knew what to look for, a hint on where it would be, and screenshots of what needs to be done. The books that they had you read was pretty good, I'm going to pick up a hard copy. The book is called: Cloud security handbook: Find out how to effectively secure cloud environments using AWS, Azure, and GCP which you can grab on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/Cloud-Security-Handbook-effectively-environments/dp/180056919X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1DT7UX66TA05K&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.q8wRh-XPeMlnkSYYQ7JEwA.NuGZnT9gFIV07nSi0B67M_igq_5nuvMLD0Uh80hxyho&dib_tag=se&keywords=Cloud+security+handbook%3A+Find+out+how+to+effectively+secure+cloud+environments+using+AWS%2C+Azure%2C+and+GCP&qid=1741757547&sprefix=cloud+security+handbook+find+out+how+to+effectively+secure+cloud+environments+using+aws%2C+azure%2C+and+gcp%2Caps%2C386&sr=8-1
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I was able to finish this in one sitting so what I would suggest is to find the PA template and read through it as well as the requirements/scenario before starting the lab.
You have 4 hours to finish the lab but I'm not sure if progress resets so I would suggest to try and finish it all in one sitting with no interruptions.
After reading the PA Requirements/Template start the lab and go in order with the PA as they all relate to each other. I would say do the ones that requires screenshots first with the first set requires you to implement what you wrote about in the first part of the PA.
Here are something that I saw from reddit that helped and is useful:
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I'm still job searching but I'm recovered from EUIC so now I'm back to being a professor locally with good form. I'm looking to get back into playing some games competitively. I'm thinking of learning MTG and getting back into Starcraft.
I done an interview for an IT Help Desk Position. It's not what I wanted to get into but it will get me a chance to get back into some hands-on work.
Anyways, I started the next class but it looks like I can drop it before the 21st with no repurcussion so if I don't finish it then, we are good. I'm just trying to get a head start for my next term.
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Thanks for reading.
Just submitted my PA for D485 and now I'm debating if I want to start on the next course to get a head start for the next semester. I'll see how I feel when I wake up the next day.
Once I get a score/status on the PA I'll detail what to look for in the next post but for this week I been working on my homelab while packing to move to Plano.
I'm planning on setting up 3 vms for a simple SOC setup so I can practice working with siem and attacking my own systems.
I'm currently still jobless but at least I have school to fall back on. I'll be busy doing school stuff than worry all the time.
I'm still job searching but it looks like the IT Market (and most of the job market) is not in a good spot.
I have a couple interviews lined up so we will see how that goes.
Just a few more weeks until this term is done. I am on track to finish this program in a year. Let's do this.
We're about a month away and I'm going to work on my last class. It looks like I'll be able to start on the next class and drop so it doesn't affect me and will give me a head start for when I start on the program again in May.
Nothing major as I just got back from Londom from judging EUIC but I am planning on working on my personal projects as well as starting a new TCG Podcast as well as my new retro computing channel starting with C64 stuff.
I will now be based in DFW starting next month so it's going to be interesting. Going back to the south.
Stay tuned for some stuff.
