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Few months back I have posted my journey towards AWS Certified Solution Architect – Associate exam. The link can be found below,   http://ahirjoy.blogspot.com/2022/06/how-i-passed-aws-certified-architect.html   However, while my cloud journey was going on well, there was a rude shock when I realized that my account got hacked. Though I was on long leave last month, I observed that my billing was increasing exponentially everyday though I was sure that I did not have any services running. Still I logged in to my AWS account to verify the same as I started getting unusual usage alert from AWS support also by then. To my surprise, I found many EC2 instances, VPCs and policies were created for my account which were very much active! Also, I found one subscription NVIDIA GPU Optimized AMI was subscribed for me in AWS marketplace!!!   I got panicked. I Immediately closed the account. However, to my disappointment I received communication from AWS support that unless the account is secured, i

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  How I Passed AWS Certified Architect - Associate Exam (2022)                             Ahirjoy Biswas   (PMP, PMI-ACP, TOGAF 9.1)   I passed my exam on 30 th  May’22 in my first attempt. I am sharing my learning experiences here with you and will be really very happy if my experience helps someone else to crack the examination. Core Concepts:   i. Books  -    AWS Certified Solutions Architect Study Guide, Associate (SAA-C02)                   by Ben Piper and David Clinton   This is an excellent book which covers all Core Concepts in detail. Please go through the entire content at least twice. Very good for ready reference and revision. Considering the lazy person I am, I always prefer to read real books and take notes than carrying Kindle or laptop.     ii. Course -   You can go through “Ultimate AWS Certified Solution Architect Associate 2022” course by Stephane Maarek in Udemy which is the most popular course for AWS Associate in Udemy at present.   Almost every week Udemy offer

Young professionals who belong to early Gen-Z (Born  mid 1990s) are voracious consumers of information and keep themselves updated with latest developments in technical and financial world. However paying too much attention to noise can sometimes backfire as they are just starters in their investment journey. Below are the various ways many early Gen Z investors are going wrong, 1.Over Enthusiasm About Buzz Words Like AI, ML, Quant: Whether it’s a new start-up stock advisory service or a big MF house, everyone is alluring customers claiming their state-of-the-art Artificial Intelligence or Machine learning or Quant model will generate superior returns, However these institutions are comfortably ignoring the importance of study of the fundamentals or impact of their huge fees/brokerages which will reduce the investor returns drastically even if the portfolio makes decent gains. Gen Z thinking AI/ML is the new magic wand of investment world, easily falling trapped here. 2.Over exposure t

Here is my curated list of 20 self help and non fiction books (on various topics like leadership, relationship, emotional intelligence, productivity etc.) which I have come across and recommend that one should read to get a whole new perspective in his/her life,  1. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People...Stephen R Covey 2. The Subtle Art of not Giving a Fuck... Mark Manson 3. How to Win Friends and Influence People... Dale Carnegie 4. Think and Grow Rich... Napoleon Hill 5. Eat The Frog... Brian Tracy 6. Thinking, Fast and Slow... Daniel Kahneman 7. The 4 Hour Workweek... Tim Ferris 8. Deep Work...Cal Newport 9. You are a Badass... Jen Sincero 10. Atomic Habits... James Clear 11. The One Thing... Garry Keller and Jay Papasan 12. The Magic of Thinking Big... David J Schwartz 13. Who Moved my Cheese? ... Dr Spencer Johnson 14. The Black Swan... Nassim Nicholas Taleb 15. Fooled by Randomness... Nassim Nicholas Taleb 16. The Monk who Sold his Ferrari.. Robin Sharma 17. Who will cry when

Below is the list of few suggested stock investment portfolios for long term. This is just replica of the recommendations from different publications and not suggestion for investment. Please do your due diligence or contact advisor before investing, Dalal Street Investment Journal (Nov'19) Biocon Alembic Pharmaceuticals Jiya Eco-Products Heidelberg Cement Polycab India PSP Projects V-Guard Industries Wealth Insight (Nov'19) Havells Gruh Finance HDFC Marico HDFC Bank Titan Company City Union Bank Axis Bank Dhanuka Agritech ET Wealth (4th Nov'19) Cummins India TVS Motor Company Larsen & Toubro Coromandel International KNR Constructions ITC Sundram Fasteners