DP 203 (Azure Data Engineer) certified

 

The last certification I had attempted was almost 3 yrs back. I had been wanting to appear for DP-203 (Data engineering on Azure) certification for a while now but kept dilly dallying. Finally thanks to the push from Nagarro I registered for the exam a month back.

Two weeks of decent studying, a great training from Ishant Garg on Udemy and two years of experience working in Azure helped me clear the certification with flying colors.

For anyone attempting the exam, here is a ready reckoner that helped me and should hopefully be of use to you as well.

• Even if you have Azure hands on experience, going through this training on DP 203 from Ishang Garg helps iron out any kinks in your knowledge: DP-203: Data Engineering on Microsoft Azure + Practice Tests | Udemy The course provides much needs insights into data engineering services like Cosmos DB, databricks, adf etc. However the practice questions in the course are very limited.
• To get additional exam practice try this course: [NEW] Practice Tests | DP-203: Azure Data Engineer 2022 | Udemy. It offers a set of 4 practice tests. Though the test just tells you the correct answer without any detailed explanation, it never the less gives a good idea of what to expect in the exam.

Once done with these courses you are pretty much ready to appear for the exam. 

All the best. Do share your experience if this post helped.

Jabbed!

 

After a lot of struggling around with CoWIN portal, trying to book a slot, having many near misses, I finally managed to get Jabbed last week. 

Got a slot in a drive thru camp organized by Yogi sarkar. It was almost a drive thru with the person needing to get down only to get the shot. Then they could return back to their car, wait 30 mins and drive away. Overall the camp was pretty well organized.

By evening I started to feel feverish. At night it had touched 102 degrees. Next day fever got lighter but was feeling fatigued. I can only imagine how people who had a severe encounter with Covid must have felt. 

Requesting all to get their vaccination done. There seem to be plenty of slots available, in UP at least. Lets get vaccinated and move past this disease before it gets a chance to rear its ugly ahead again.

Bengal takes India's revenge

Democracy has no space for a dictator. But that our beloved Modi ji seemed to have totally forgotten. In his ambition to conquer Bengal, he put his credibility and life of thousands of Indians at stake.

While in daytime he shamelessly led rallies in Bengal, which thousands of people attended, without masks or social distancing, at night he gave speeches on television asking people to adhere to social distancing norms. Wow .. height of hypocrisy. 

There is no doubt that Govt's focus on elections, infact wining elections, was one of the key reasons why we are back in this pandemic. Why I say one of the reasons - because the public is also equally responsible - they let down their guard. However while the govt might be able to get away with it, its the people who are bearing the brunt of this. 

Last few weeks have been terribly depressing, with people all over pleading for the basics - Oxygen, medicines, beds in hospital.  BJP and the Centre could have spent the money on providing healthcare and prepping for the 2nd wave, instead they wasted it all on conducting rallies and buying politicians.

Today's Bengal's result gave me immense happiness. It is a tight slap for BJP and Modi. It is time they realize their first duty is towards the nation. That Mr Modi has been chosen to be a Prime Minster and not a Pradhan Pracharak.

Bengal has taken India's revenge.

Be careful what you wish for

Wishing you a Happy 2021. While 2020 has been challenging for most of the mankind (apart from likes of Ambani :P), wishing and hoping that we get vaccinated soon. 

Even without vaccination, most of us have got back to our usual lives. While its good in a way, we still need to be careful, wear masks and follow social distancing. Unfortunately, the Metro and PVR Cinemas seem to be the only places where these are being followed and I realized this when  I went to see Wonder Women 1984 @ PVR via the Metro. 

Did I like the movie..it was kinda ok. The romance didn't seem to fit in and the end was pretty boring. I had booked recliner seats for the first time but found them to be kind ok only. Not worth the price.

So what did I like about the movie? It conveyed a very powerful message - When you wish for something, it might get granted but in turn, it takes away something from you in return - something something you had not bargained for. In the movie, Wonder Woman comes across a wishing stone, she wishes for her love to come back. The wish comes true but she loses her powers in return. Eventually, she has to relinquish her wish. 

When I related this to people around me, I could see the same happen in real life as well. People wishing and also getting it but realizing the cost of it as well. Only in real life there is no way to undo it. So what's my take? Whatever happens, happens for a reason. We humans are short sighted and hence not able to see through the situation clearly, but God has a long term vision for us. Thus we should trust in his actions and face the situation rather than wishing our way out of it. 

What do you think?