{"id":7975,"date":"2020-05-10T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-10T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7975"},"modified":"2020-05-12T14:20:20","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T13:20:20","slug":"weeknote-19-2020-azure-study-remote-working-and-novelty-video-conference-backgrounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/05\/weeknote-19-2020-azure-study-remote-working-and-novelty-video-conference-backgrounds.htm","title":{"rendered":"Weeknote 19\/2020: Azure exam study, remote working, and novelty video conference backgrounds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Another week in the furloughed fun house…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Studying<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I still have a couple of exams I’d like to complete this month. I’ve been procrastinating about whether to take the Microsoft Azure Architect exams in their current form (AZ-300<\/a>\/301<\/a>) or to wait for the replacements (AZ-303\/304). As those replacements have been postponed from late April until the end of June (at least), I’ve booked AZ-300\/301 and am cramming in lots of learning, based on free training from the Microsoft Learn website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m sure it’s deeper (technically) than I need for an Architect exam, but it’s good knowledge… I just hope I can get through it all before the first exam appointment next Thursday evening…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learning and Development Days 16-18: AZ-300 exam booked for next week, cramming in as much study as I can before then… and realised there’s a “show more” on the suggested learning paths???? #Azure<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/FJqKAOBouB<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Mark Wilson ???? (@markwilsonit) May 7, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Thoughts on remote working during the current crisis<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I’ve seen this doing the rounds a couple of times on Twitter and I don’t know the original source, but it’s spot on. Words to live by in these times:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. You’re not “working from home”. You’re “At your home, during a crisis, trying to work” [whilst parenting, schooling, helping vulnerable people, etc.].<\/li>
  2. Your personal physical, mental and emotional health is far more important than anything else right now.<\/li>
  3. You should not try to compensate for lost productivity by working longer hours.<\/li>
  4. You will be kind to yourself and not judge how you are coping based on how you see others coping.<\/li>
  5. You will be kind to others and not judge how they are coping based on how you are coping.<\/li>
  6. Your success will not [should not] be measured in the same way it was when things were normal.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    This animation may also help…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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