A young Nigerian man made history. According to NAN, 13-year-old programmer Joshua Agboola is currently the youngest credentialed Amazon Web Services developer associate in Continue Reading
Master Agboola completed the task after a hard two-hour exam that tested his skills and experience in creating, deploying, and troubleshooting on the AWS cloud platform. Cloud services relate to infrastructure, platforms, or software that are hosted by external suppliers and made available to consumers online.
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In an interview conducted on Sunday in Lagos, Master Agboola claimed that his excellent performance on the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner test earlier this year and his father's encouragement to take the test served as motivation for him to complete the next level of certification.
Despite his growing interest in DevOps, Master Agboola noted that the preferred next step was to pursue the Solutions Architect Associate credential.
"I was initially preparing for the Solutions Architect Associate certification, which is the next certification most people take in their AWS cloud journey, but had a change of mind for a tougher Developer Associate certification due to encouragement from an older friend programmer," the child claimed. My brain suddenly became clear, so I started studying the following day.
"The potential to secure the title of the youngest developer associate in the world, which is equivalent to a world record in the cloud space, also became a strong motivator for me," Master Agboola continued. He spent six weeks, or roughly two to five hours per day, studying in order to be ready for the test. A tech company in Lagos reportedly spotted the 13-year-old online sensation's accomplishments in the cloud sector and offered to "provide me with further technical mentorship."
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Nigeria's 14-year-old Tech Genius, Joshua Agboola is Africa's youngest Amazon Web Services developer associate.
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At age 11, he beat 600 contestants to win the MTN MPulse hackathon with his homeschooling app, Kagukar Study Buddie.
He started learning how to code at the age of 6. pic.twitter.com/v2HQyH9qJ2
