Hi everyone👋, My name is Zandile. I live in Johannesburg, South Africa and I am junior cloud engineer and I am currently studying towards my SSA-CO3 certification. I plan on becoming an AWS DevOps Engineer by February 2025. I want to get these 3 things from the community: 1.  Learn more deeply about AWS. 2. Create projects to enhance my skillset 3. Meet amazing likeminded people. For fun I like to do these 3 things: 1.  Nap 2. Read 3. Do some adventures like quad biking and skydiving. Looking forward to meeting all of you!😁

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