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y looked broken today.</p><p id="e10c">He kept staring at his cup of coffee.</p><p id="cd2d">We had like 3 seconds of eye contact after meeting for 10 minutes.</p><p id="11bf"><i>“Jay, come on. Stop stirring the cup. It is cracking.”</i></p><p id="551d">He finally looked up.</p><p id="fd5c"><i>“Oh, did I? Apologies. I got distracted.”</i></p><p id="6d59">I dragged his cup away from him. Slightly.</p><p id="df5a">I wanted to speak to him.</p><p id="70f2"><i>“No worries, man. I know something is wrong. What is? Can share? My ears are yours. <b>For free!</b>”</i></p><p id="0f9f">And finally, he braved a light smile.</p><p id="3d72"><i>“For free? Wow. Knowing you… that must be a huge loss on your P&L!”</i></p><p id="7a86">Jay is finally back.</p><p id="5752"><i>“Precisely. You better talk!”</i></p><p id="9a6a">And talk, he did.</p><h1 id="3f3a">It Started with Financial Economics</h1><p id="4e68"><i>“It was about money.”</i></p><p id="f563">That was his opening statement.</p><p id="e9d1">And then, he followed up very quickly with the second one.</p><p id="8833"><i>“Gosh, I really hate to talk about dollars and cents. I’m so embarrassed of myself.”</i></p><p id="c54b">I assured him that all was fine. We <b>[just</b>] need to get comfortable talking about the dollars and cents.</p><p id="e0a2"><i>“Hey, look, look. <b>[I snapped my fingers at him]</b> Money is a real issue. We cannot avoid it. Learn to get it off your chest. You will overcome this.”</i></p><p id="95df">By now, I got worried.</p><p id="c7c5">Did he gamble away his money? Or did his wife run away with his life savings? I mean, regardless, it sounded serious.</p><p id="4061">I prepared myself for it.</p><p id="6b1e"><i>“My twin sons are attending university next year. And my wife is sick. She needs long-term medical care. I cannot do any of those. I have no money. I am suffering from the inside.”</i></p><p id="f759">He choked a little.</p><p id="1cd4">I went silent.</p><p id="76d8"><i>“The current job I have? I love it. I love everything here. But the salary is not enough for me. I spoke to Jim* and asked him to increase my salary. He declined. He said the budget is tight, and I did not bring business.”</i></p><p id="19d8">Jim = My ex-company CEO</p><p id="8c74">I was shocked. I covered my mouth. I never expected things to come to this stage.</p><p id="f234"><i>“Jim declined? After all these years? Did you try to take on more work to justify a pay bump?”</i></p><p id="8dfe">Jay looked defeated.</p><p id="ea3b"><i>“I did. But Jim said times are bad. The company is in cash-preservation mode. So… I thought about it for very long. I decided to leave.”</i></p><p id="64f2">His eyes got wet.</p><p id="c73c">I choked.</p><p id="1ed9">Slightly.</p><p id="1953">This is how a guy who worked for 26 years got treated. It saddened me.</p><h1 id="56ce">“What’s Next? Why Are You Retiring When You Need the Money?”</h1><p id="a4d3">This is the part where logic fails to follow emotions.</p><p id="6059"><i>“Jay, if you need the money, why are you walking away from it? Earning something today cannot cover all your expenses,

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but it helps, right? No?”</i></p><p id="b828">He got emotional.</p><p id="c415"><i>“I thought I had a bond with the company and vice versa. I never knew it boiled down to money. I guess… I felt betrayed. I want to leave. It’s too tiring. And my wife needs me.”</i></p><p id="c848">As far as I can tell… this is the point of no return.</p><p id="1cc7"><i>“I am just too tired. Maybe… I will do my own thing when my wife is out of the woods. Maybe.”</i></p><p id="95c0">I said nothing.</p><p id="f96b">I wanted Jay to know that he had my full attention.</p><p id="9e5d">In truth, I didn’t know what to say.</p><p id="c8a2">I was caught in the moment.</p><h1 id="360c">The Close</h1><p id="fdd5">Not all retirement stories are happy ones.</p><p id="e8d4">I have seen too many.</p><p id="ffbe">Jay’s story is unique.</p><p id="113a">He does not hate his work. The opposite is true. He loved it. He loved every single minute in the office. But reality drove a wedge between him and his work.</p><ul><li>He needed more money to keep his family going.</li><li>He needed more time with his wife.</li></ul><p id="e694">Jay is tongue-tight when it comes to money and compensation.</p><p id="284e">He never fought for his pay increment and performance bonus for years. And when he had to — He got thrown under the bus.</p><p id="8fc1">He felt betrayed.</p><p id="1dec">I hope this is not happening to you.</p><p id="aff1">Retire with happiness in your heart. Not grudges.</p><p id="52d1">We deserve better.</p><p id="0e5e"><i>Like this story? Hit <a href="https://aldric-chen.medium.com/subscribe"><b>Subscribe</b></a>!</i></p><p id="b69b"><i>Oh, oh, you can buy me <a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/aldricchen">a cup of black</a> too! Thank you!</i></p><div id="4efb" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/i-had-unfettered-access-to-my-vcs-executive-assistant-for-3-days-she-impressed-me-b7d370acf2ec"> <div> <div> <h2>I Had Unfettered Access to My VC’s Executive Assistant for 3 Days — She Impressed Me</h2> <div><h3>In short, she is [really] amazing.</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*fpWAOGRUKC3seVXCzWEoYA.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="d2c0" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/i-saw-my-ceos-salary-everybody-s-faces-what-happened-next-is-unbelievable-e10d7d5b83a6"> <div> <div> <h2>I Saw My CEO’s Salary [& Everybody’s Faces] — What Happened Next is Unbelievable.</h2> <div><h3>Transparency leads to open mouths</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*ytoNjO3z9FHYu9GrprDI4g.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

6 Best Courses to Learn OpenShift and Containers for Beginners in 2023

My favorite online courses to learn Redhat’s Openshift platform in 2023 for both DevOps and Developers.

Hello guys, if you want to learn the RedHat Openshift platform in 2023 and looking for the best Openshift courses then you have come to the right place. In the past, I have shared the best Docker and Kubernetes courses and in this article, I am going to share the best Openshift courses to join in 2023.

if you are in the DevOps space, then you might have heard about Openshift. I didn’t know about Openshift but have to learn when I had to work on a Spring boot project, which is deployed on the OpenShift Platform.

Don’t worry, it’s not a very complicated thing to learn, and if you have used Docker and Kubernetes in past then you will appreciate what Openshift brings to the table.

In simple words, OpenShift is another complete platform coming things like Docker, and Kubernetes which helps with the development and deployment of Microservices in the Java world. You could just point to your application code, and Openshift builds and deploys it taking care of high availability, fault tolerance, scalability, self-healing, reliability.

It does all the magic for you and on top of that Red Hat OpenShift is a leading hybrid cloud, enterprise Kubernetes application platform, trusted by 1000+ organizations.

The goal of OpenShift is to provide an excellent experience for both Developers and System Administrators to develop, deploy, and run containerized applications. Developers should love using OpenShift because it enables them to take advantage of both containerized applications and orchestration without having to know the details.

Developers should be free to focus on their code instead of spending time writing Dockerfiles, and running Docker build. OpenShift is a full platform that incorporates several upstream projects while also providing additional features and functionality to make those upstream projects easier to consume. The core of the platform is containers and orchestration. For the container side of the house, the platform uses images adhering to the Open Container Initiative (OCI) image specification. For the orchestration side, we have put a lot of work into the upstream Kubernetes project.

Beyond these two upstream projects, we have created a set of additional Kubernetes objects such as routes and deployment configs that we will learn how to use during this course. Both Developers and Operators communicate with the OpenShift Platform via one of the following methods: Containers are rapidly becoming a deployment technology of choice in organizations adopting DevOps principles and practices. Moving applications and services from traditional deployment platforms to container deployments make the forms deployable on a single clustered cloud architecture instead of many disparate sets of hardware configurations.

6 Best Redhat OpenShift Courses and Tutorials to Learn in 2023

Without wasting any more of your time, here is a list of the best online courses to learn Redhat Openshift. These online training courses will benefit developers who want to containerize software applications, administrators who are new to container technology and container orchestration, and architects who are considering using container technologies in software architectures.

1. OpenShift for the Absolute Beginners — Hands-on

Get started with OpenShift quickly with lectures, demos, quizzes, and hands-on coding exercises right in your browser. This course introduces OpenShift to an Absolute Beginner using elementary and easy-to-understand lectures. Lectures are followed by demos showing how to set up and get started with OpenShift. The coding exercises that accompany this course will help you practice OpenShift configuration files in YAML.

You will be developing OpenShift Configuration Files for different use cases right in your browser. The coding exercises will validate your commands and Configuration Files and ensure you have written them correctly. And finally, it has assignments to put your skills to the test. You will be given the challenge to solve using the skills you gained during this course. This really is an excellent course for folks who have some knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes to get started with OpenShift.

Here is the link to join this course — OpenShift for the Absolute Beginners — Hands-on

I’m not sure who put together the majority of the lectures (I suspect it was Red Hat), but working in Mumshad’s own material from his Kubernetes/Docker courses is a lovely touch. If you’re new to OpenShift but have some background in other technologies, this is an excellent intro course for you.

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2. Practical OpenShift for Developers — New Course 2023 [Udemy]

This is a new Udemy course to learn OpenShift for developers. In this course, you will learn and master OpenShift Application Development and Deployment by Learning how to use 15 OpenShift resources This 6-hour long course provides a crisp and clear introduction to OpenShift for developers. I like this course very much. The lectures are understandable, so are the hands-on exercises.

Most of the concepts are based on Docker containers and Kubernetes, which are not explained here, so I found it very helpful to learn Docker and Kubernetes first.

Here are the key things you will learn in this course:

How to deploy your existing applications to Openshift
How to configure your application to follow Openshift best practices
Understand 15 types of Openshift resources
how to develop advanced application templates

By the end of this course, you will be able to create your own OpenShift Full Stack and run it locally in your development environment.

You will also be able to create, run, and manage applications on OpenShift and be able to learn how a typical OpenShift environment works, which will enable you to build production-ready deliverables.

Here is the link to join this course — Practical OpenShift for Developers — New Course 2023

3. Ultimate Openshift (2023) Bootcamp[Udemy Course]

This is another awesome course to learn Openshift from Udemy. Created by Gourav Shah and the School of DevOps this 7.5 hours long course will teach you Openshift 4.6 and 3.10 versions, Kubernetes, Jenkins Pipelines, Prometheus, Istio, MicroServices, and PaaS.

This course highlights how Openshift makes using Kubernetes easier by abstracting away all the complexity. You will gain knowledge of building and managing infrastructures, experience in helping companies with their DevOps journey, and more than 350 corporate training.

This is a well-researched course and instructor Gaurav Shah has tried many variants of applications, with different flows, took feedback, and iterated many times, which means you will learn from someone who has used Openshift in depth.

Here is the link to join this course — Ultimate Openshift (2023) Bootcamp

4. OpenShift Interactive Learning Portal [Redhat]

Like other platforms, Openshift also provides some official tutorials to learn how to use Openshift and use it efficiently. They provide online labs with interactive learning scenarios containing a pre-configured OpenShift instance, accessible from your browser without any downloads or configuration.

You can use it to experiment, learn OpenShift, and see how we can help solve real-world problems. In this self-paced tutorial, you will learn how to use the OpenShift Container Platform to build and deploy containerized applications.

They have a series of free Openshift courses in which you can learn key skills like:

Openshift Basics
How to develop applications on Openshift
Linux container fundamentals
Enterprise Java development on Openshift
How to build apps using Quarkus, a Kubernetes native Java Stack
Event-Driven architecture with Apache Kafka
Developing with Eclipse Vert.x, Java VM reactive toolkit
Developing with Spring and Spring Boot in Openshift

These are just some of the useful free courses, they have plenty of playgrounds to learn key skills like serverless and more. I highly recommend your o take these interactive labs to learn open shift in-depth and they are absolutely free.

5. Fundamentals of Containers, Kubernetes, and Red Hat OpenShift

This course will provide you with an introduction to container and container orchestration technology using Docker, Kubernetes, and Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform. You will learn how to containerize applications and services, test them using Docker, and deploy them on a Kubernetes cluster using Red Hat OpenShift. Additionally, you will build and deploy an application from source code using the Source-to-Image facility of Red Hat OpenShift. It’s a free course on edX, but if you need a certificate, you need to pay $99, it’s provided by Redhat who is also open to the OpenShift container platform.

Here is the link to join this course — Fundamentals of Containers, Kubernetes, and Red Hat OpenShift

6. Introduction to Containers w/ Docker, Kubernetes & OpenShift

If you are looking for an introductory course to learn container basics, Docker, Kubernetes, and Openshift then this Coursera course is the best for you. This course is offered by IBM and it’s part of the IBM Full Stack Cloud Developer Professional Certificate.

In this course, you will learn how containers differ from virtual machines. It also covers the importance of containers in cloud computing, as well as the emerging ecosystem of related technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift, and Istio.

Throughout the course, you will apply what you learn with hands-on labs. From getting started with Docker, to orchestration and scaling with Kubernetes, and simplifying deployments with OpenShift.

The labs are performed using your web browser on IBM Cloud and Skills Network Labs environments, that are made available to you at no charge. in the project, at the end of the course, you will build a container image and deploy and scale it on Cloud using OpenShift.

Overall an amazing hands-on, beginner-level course to learn Openshift from scratch.

Here is the link to join this course — Introduction to Containers w/ Docker, Kubernetes & OpenShift

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That’s all about the best courses to learn Openshift containers in 2023. It’s an essential tool in today’s cloud-centric world, and Java developers should learn it. OpenShift is a closed version of Kubernetes and helps you scale your cloud-based services.

If you want to learn OpenShift in 2023 then these online courses can seriously help you. They are suitable for both DevOps Engineers and DevOps. I have also included courses for both beginners and experienced developers who want to learn Openshift from scratch.

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Thanks for reading this article so far. If you like these best OpenShift courses, then please share them with your friends and colleagues. If you have any questions or feedback, then please drop a note.

P. S. — If you are looking for free online courses to learn Openshift then you can also check out MASTER Openshift- The Container Orchestration course on Udemy. It’s completely free and more than 790 students have already joined this course.

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