I am firm believer that learning should never stop. No one is perfectionist, No one can learn everything, but one must keep on trying hard to learn new things/trend/technology.

On my personal learning index, 2018 was focus on building base for AWS similarly 2019 went for building base for GCP. I have Azure practitioner since 2012, therefore for last few years on Azure i have moved focused from traditional IaaS to PaaS/CICD as well as Data/AI.

Learning is of no use if we don’t apply in day-to-day life. Thanks to my job, where i get almost every requirement as new requirement. Thus, every solution i build not only allow me to use my learning but also push me further to explore and learn more.

I have tried to collate my learning KPI which i have achieved in last year 2019. Using this as based, i shall move forward in 2020. Like in sales target will keep on increasing YoY or QoQ, similarly self-target be it learning or knowledge should keep in increase.

	Azure	AWS	GCP	TOGAF
Platform utilized for learning and off-course a ton of native documentation read (nothing beats that)	Linux Academy, Microsoft Learn, EDX	Linux Academy, EDX, AWS Quickstart	Linux Academy, Qwiklabs, Coursera,	Togaf Online Guide, Udemy course on Togaf
Unique Course Focuses	Designing and Build IOT Solution, Security, DevOps	Developing Solution on AWS (PaaS side), DevOps (CICD using AWS native)	GCP PCA, Hybrid Networking, Network Specialization,
Time Spent in Online Courses (hours)	20+	6+	60+	75+
Labs Attempted	15+	25+	50+	More of day to day Practice learning, specially ADM Guidelines & Techniques
Boot-camp Attended	SAP HANA on Azure (onsite) Designing & Building AI Solution using Azure Cognitive Services		First focus was building base
Certification Achieved	AZ 300 AZ900 AZ103		GCP-PCA,	Togaf 9
Next Steps for 2020	AZ 301	AWS 2 Specialty (prefer Security and Networking)	GCP-Network Professional (this one already failed once & clueless why despite 100% sure on 84% answers) and Security	Enhance Practicality of Togaf in daily operation

My personal favorite has been and will always be ‘labs‘. Unless you get your hands dirty in implementing the solution, you can not learn from Online course or documentations. Thus, i chose platform to learn which can give me lot of labs to performs.

Such matrix help me to keep me laser focused on goal. In fact, i have built a mind-map chart which also helps me to build my learning path without focusing too much too many things.

At last, I am not at all firm believer of certifications. But, unfortunately on this basis, this is what Industry recognize you as expert, only after you are certified on xyz with abc specialty. Therefore, it is wise to have these badges but do not compromise on true learning/knowledge.

I tried to collate things and share it with you all as an experience so that you may try to replicate something similar for your learning journey. Most of you may be already expert on domain, thus find it very basic but it might be helpful for someone which may have not started such journey yet.

Thank You and Happy New Year 2020 !!!