In this episode, Dave and Emily chat with Linda Haviv, a Developer Advocate at Amazon Web Services. Linda has a large social media following on both TikTok and Instagram, where she covers numerous AWS and cloud concepts, offers advice to people looking to start a cloud career, and highlights many other members of the developer community. Linda shares her journey from being a full-time journalist, how she found a love a tech, and the decision she made to start a developer career. She offers plenty of advice to new developers ramping up, the importance of meetups and community, as well as tips for passing AWS certifications. Linda on Twitter: https://twitter.com/lindavivah Linda on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lindavivah Linda on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lindavivah/ Linda’s Medium: https://medium.com/@LindaVivah Linda’s Website: https://lindavivah.com/ Emily on Twitter: https://twitter.com/editingemily Dave on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thedavedev [BLOG] What is AWS in 60 secs: https://medium.com/@LindaVivah/what-is-aws-in-60-seconds-ec88edaa750c [BLOG] Linda’s Working from Home Setup: https://lindavivah.com/my%20wfh%20setup [BLOG] Six Years Later: Was Flatiron School Worth It for Linda https://www.coursereport.com/blog/six-years-later-was-flatiron-school-worth-it-for-linda Credits - Frozen 2 - Into the Unknown Clip – Performed by Peter Hollens https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpC9r3TspCI Subscribe: Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/f8bf7630-2521-4b40-be90-c46a9222c159/aws-developers-podcast Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aws-developers-podcast/id1574162669 Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zb3VuZGNsb3VkLmNvbS91c2Vycy9zb3VuZGNsb3VkOnVzZXJzOjk5NDM2MzU0OS9zb3VuZHMucnNz Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7rQjgnBvuyr18K03tnEHBI TuneIn: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Technology-Podcasts/AWS-Developers-Podcast-p1461814/ RSS Feed: https://feeds.soundcloud