The last few weeks has been a grind of self-study, regularly disappearing off to the library or a cafe with the laptop when I needed a change of scene from the home office, prepping for a tough Microsoft exam to get formal certification for the years of Azure admin experience. (For The Oldies’ benefit Azure is Microsoft’s cloud service so it’s all about how to set up and secure things “stuff” in the cloud instead of on a company’s own computers).
I sat the exam on Friday morning (from home) and was surprised and relieved to see the “Congratulations!” page at the end, scraping over the bar with a pass of 744.
In other news on Tuesday I had a face-to-face interview for a role at a law firm – and actually enjoyed it! I thought I presented well, the interviewers were friendly and the role matches my skillset well so I’m keeping my fingers crossed for feedback next week. It was refreshing to be asked real questions by engaged human beings, rather than be peppered with tough behavioral questions from a script.
If I’m lucky enough to secure the role it would mean digging out the suits and ties and returning to the office most days, however providing The Duchess can manage most of the weekday dog walks (or we can find a good doggy day care again) I’m fine with that – getting back on the train will do wonders for my books read count! (Currently on 7, about 100 short of my friend Holly’s current tally).
If that role doesn’t come off it’ll be back to the study, this time for the Solution Architect exam, which is even tougher.
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