After the az-104 exam...what do I do?
Hey guys.
Last Friday I passed the AZ-104.
I have failed twice before, but after that I followed all the recommendations here. Tutorials Dojo, John Savill, Github for the labs...
I think the biggest difference compared to my first 2 attempts was the hands-on labs. I realized that without the labs, it is really difficult to pass.
So I just want to say THANK YOU VERY MUCH to this community. You guys are the best.
Now I need your help one more time.
The only thing is: what should I do now that I passed? I have AZ-900, now the AZ-104 and Sonicwall SNSA (which I don't think it is relevant now). I think I may need some experience in Azure just to get better opportunities out there.
But how can I get experience if most of the jobs are already asking for experience.
I know this is an old paradox in the job searching, but I'm wondering how you guys managed to get your first Cloud job.
A little bit of my background: I'm 36. I've been working in IT since I was 16.
I started as a level 1 support.
I moved to Dublin/Ireland 5 years ago, and basically had to restart my career. (I don't have an EU passport, so the process was quite hard here).
Today, I'm working as a IT System Consultant, which is basically building/migrating physical and virtual servers, firewalls for other companies. We work with VMware and Hyper-V. The only thing that we see here that it can help me a little bit is M365 and Microsoft Entra ID (the most basic stuff, like risky users, Conditional Access, etc).
I know that right here I don't have any chance on moving into Cloud. The company is way behind. So I need to reposition myself.
Should I go to another certification to have more chances in the market? Is it possible to build a Azure profile, even though I'm not working with it?
I just want to get an idea what is the best path from here. If I study for TA-004, AZ-305, or focus on repositioning myself in the job market.
Thanks a lot!