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[oomti]

This is a general question with no right or wrong answers expected.

So I have been doing Qwiklabs for a while and I always find exciting the kind of technology that gets presented and the ease of use and deployment of different solutions.

I know following the tutorials in the lab is not giving the actual knowledge to reproduce something from nothing, although I gain understanding of how different instruments are connected, get to know terms and language. I know that I don`t need to memorize specific syntax as it might be context dependent and I`m better of searching for it as needed/use code editor features.
I find that I`m excited to meet with different aspects of knowledge on Qwiklabs, but I`m also on a track to become a professional developer/??? and get skills to deliver solutions.
For now Qwiklabs has been my best online learning experience in terms of  remote virtual labs.
How would you use Qwiklabs efficiently?
How can you get a good overview of the technologies that are present from different perspectives?
Sometimes I find it overwhelming how many tools you need in a full production environment, and how do I get prepared for that?

[omfanila]

For more thrilled qwiklabs, you can try this challenge lab.🤖

[oomti]

Great, thanks for the link!

[MikaCloud]

Dear @oomti ,

One more thing you can try is this - Google Codelabs.

Best,

MC

[kenmoore]

If you enjoy seeing how things are connected to build a large architecture, there are some cool reference designs here:

https://cloud.google.com/architecture

If you are looking for a focused track towards learning/certification, I think this will help you start:

https://cloud.google.com/training - there are various paths using Qwiklabs + videos (Coursera now, I think)