Learn AWS like a senior mentor is sitting next to you
Every topic starts small and clicks fast, then goes deep. You do the naive thing first, feel why it hurts, and climb to how the pros actually do it, then prove it in your own AWS account.
Start here, safely
Open an account the right way and understand what AWS actually charges for, before you build anything.
Identity & access
The topic interviewers hammer hardest, built from why-it-exists to provable least privilege.
Compute & storage
The two ways to run code, and the three shapes of storage every data service slots into.
Networking
From CIDR and subnets to connecting whole networks, made visual and interactive.
Networking foundations
CIDR, subnets, route tables, Security Groups vs NACLs, an interactive CIDR explorer.
Connecting VPCs
Peering, Transit Gateway, PrivateLink, VPN, Lattice, and when to use each.
Transit Gateway, top to bottom
The regional router that becomes a real network backbone.
VPN basics
Why VPNs exist and how we got to Site-to-Site.
Site-to-Site VPN: follow one packet
Trace a single packet from an office laptop into a VPC.
Direct Connect: from the cable up
A private line into AWS, built from the fibre to global routing.
Lab: VPC subnet planner
Design a VPC and catch overlaps and capacity problems live.
Lab: VPN simulator
Flip real config switches and watch the tunnel come up, or fail.
Ship & scale
Get code into AWS and run it at any scale, with safe rollouts.
Build it for real
Tie it all together into portfolio-grade projects you can show a recruiter.
New to all this? Start at the top.
The track is ordered. Begin with “Get into AWS safely” and work down, each lesson assumes the one before it.
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