The last few months have been interesting and a bit tumultuous. My project ended suddenly, and my contracting agency couldn't find me anything locally, everything offered meant moving out of state. I got called back for a 30 day contract to continue work on the project that was suddenly cancelled, and right now there is no work on the horizon. So, it is time to sharpen my tools, study some technologies in depth, take my next certification and get ready to find a proper job in the new year. Not having a steady job is making me rather nervous, but I will have faith and study every spare moment. Basically, dawn to dusk glued to Linux Academy :-)

So far, I have been learning about Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible, Jenkins, Terraform and implementing a CI/CD pipeline. I plan on redeveloping my personal AWS environment into a set of case studies I can show during interviews, as well as implement these tools in my previous organization to eliminate single points of failure.

What an adventure!