Career

Microsoft

• Microsoft Learn training - free modules and learning paths for every product
• Career paths - training grouped by job role
• Certifications - role-based exams, renewed free each year online (renewal)
• Applied Skills - shorter, scenario-based credentials, assessed in a lab
• Exam experience - try the exam sandbox before the real thing
• Microsoft MVP - Microsoft’s award for community contributors

Roadmaps and practice

• roadmap.sh - skill trees for developer, DevOps and other roles
• The Cloud Resume Challenge - build and deploy your resume as a cloud project
• The Missing Semester - MIT’s course on the shell, Git and the tools nobody teaches
• freeCodeCamp - free coding curriculum with certifications
• Tech Interview Handbook - preparing for technical interviews

Pay

• Hays salary guide - Australian salaries by role and city