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I'm playing Elden Ring for the first time. I started following a walkthrough because I was getting lost a lot at the beginning.

I'm around this point on the map now and I'm thinking about exploring on my own.

I don't want to miss important bosses, side quests or areas, but I'm okay with missing some things and doing them in a second playthrough.

Would you recommend exploring freely from here? Any advice?

I wasn't gonna play COD this year, since BO6 left me with 0 hope for this franchise, but I've seen lots of people play BO7 and say it's actually decent, I started yesterday, currently LVL 50, with the meta weapons maxed out, looking for people to play ranked or help me get the start.

Europe (Spain Time) was Crimson 2 on BO7, Crimson 3 on MW3.

Background: junior sysadmin, around 5 months in the field, no real cloud experience yet.

Spent two weeks grinding a 20-hour Udemy course (which I do not recommend at all) and only touched John Savill's study cram and Tutorials Dojo in the last few days. Big mistake. The Udemy course felt productive at the time but ate the prep window I should have spent on practice tests.

For anyone starting prep now: skip the long courses. Savill + TD is all you really need.

Any tips for the retry? Specifically interested in:

- How long did you wait before booking again?

- Anything beyond TD you'd recommend?

- Did you change strategy or just grind more of the same?

Thanks.

20yo Sysadmin L2 at a Barcelona MSP. Stack: Azure, M365, Entra ID, Kubernetes, Terraform, Proxmox. Just started Upwork as a side hustle for portfolio, reviews and extra cash. Rates at $22-25/h.

Sent a handful of proposals in my stack, no bites yet.

Questions for people who made it work:

1. Realistic timeline to first 3 reviews?
2. Does Project Catalog bring clients before you have a track record, or is it dead weight?
3. Plus subscription worth keeping past month 1?
4. What actually moved the needle for you: better cover letters, lower price, niche positioning, video intro?

Not looking for "just keep applying". Want to know if this is realistic or if my hours are better spent on LinkedIn / direct outreach.

I'm doing the AZ-305 next week. So far I've been through John Savill's study cram and I'm grinding section-based practice tests on Tutorials Dojo.

A few questions for anyone who's recently passed:

1. How close is Tutorials Dojo to the real thing? Is the difficulty and style representative, or is it harder/easier than the actual exam?

2. Anything else you'd recommend at this stage? I've got about 4 days left and I want to spend them well.

3. Is MS Learn actually usable during the exam, or is the time pressure too tight to bother opening it?

Appreciate any input.

¡Buenas!

Me acabo de matricular en el Grado de Ingeniería Informática en la UOC para empezar este septiembre y me gustaría conocer la experiencia de gente que esté dentro o haya pasado por aquí.

Os cuento mi situación:

• Vengo del CFGS de ASIX (con el convenio de Cataluña me quito 60 créditos).
• Tengo el C1 de inglés y experiencia profesional demostrable en el sector informático (espero rascar otros 24 créditos entre idioma y la asignatura de prácticas).
• Entraría a la carrera con unos 84-90 créditos ya convalidados de salida.
• Trabajo a jornada completa (40h semanales) con cierta flexibilidad horaria.

He empezado con 24 créditos (4 asignaturas) para este primer semestre (Fundamentos de programación, Lógica, Administración de organizaciones y Competencia comunicativa). Mi objetivo es ir a saco, mantener siempre este ritmo (o subir a 30 ECTS en semestres más flojos) para acabar la carrera lo antes posible.

Tengo un par de dudas sobre el funcionamiento real del día a día:

1. El ritmo de las PECs: Sé que los enunciados se abren de forma escalonada cada 2-3 semanas. ¿Es viable llevar 4 asignaturas al día trabajando 8 horas? ¿Se junta mucho trabajo los fines de semana?
2. Las Pruebas de Síntesis (Exámenes virtuales): ¿Cómo funcionan exactamente con el tema de la cámara y el reconocimiento facial? ¿Son muy estrictos o si llevas las PECs aprobadas se sacan bien en 1 hora?
3. Los profesores y recursos: ¿Qué tal es el feedback de los consultores? ¿Los materiales que dan (PDFs, webs) son suficientes para ir a por nota (mi objetivo es pelear Matrículas de Honor) o hay que buscar mucha vida fuera?

Agradezco cualquier consejo o recomendación con las asignaturas de este primer semestre. ¡Muchas gracias!