I stumbled across this video from Cloud Assessments on LinkedIn or Twitter and found it to be very interesting:

For me, the project I am working on to peak some employer's interest is a links listing application from my work that integrates web identity federation and DynamoDB. I wrote the original prototype in php with mysql, your standard LAMP stack application. The idea of storing data in key pairs without a structure and making queries without awkward select and join statements is really intriguing. I had proposed the app to my company as a way to aggregate useful links to docs and resources that are commonly needed, but they felt it was better (perhaps just more familiar and easier) to create Google Docs lists of links, so I didn't pursue it further. However, I think I'll give it a hack again, an intellectual challenge that shows the spark of interest, and perhaps someone will find it useful.  A Cloud Guru has a DynamoDB tutorial that will be informative. I hope I can show the app off soon, just a challenge to squeeze it all in, between work and studying for certifications. Gotta keep grinding!