From Olympic Athlete To Cloud Engineer w/ @REXTECH9 | CYBER STORIES EP 18

Today’s episode is with a friend, Ifeanyi Otuonye, and we discuss everything involving his past life as an Olympic Athlete and the journey to becoming a Cloud Engineer.
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Intro
01:19 Journey from Olympic Athlete to Cloud Engineer
03:15 Early Life & Childhood
06:58 Getting Into Athletics & Getting Scouted to USA
10:50 Going Pro & Academics
14:59 Being An International Student & Getting A Masters
21:34 Going Back to Turks & Caicos
26:09 Getting Into Tech
28:32 Ultralearning, Studying & Certifications (CompTIA Trifecta)
33:21 Deciding on Cloud Engineering
36:41 Leveraging A Bootcamp
39:11 Leveraging Social Networking
40:58 The Open To Work Post, Interviews & Getting Hired
44:45 Day's Thoughts On Ifeanyi's Journey
48:50 What's Next?
54:00 Day's Thoughts About The Future
56:54 Ifeanyi's Final Thoughts
01:00:30 Wrapping Up
01:01:14 Outro
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[@REXTECH9]

Yesssiiir! It's finally out. Thanks a lot for allowing me to share my story on your platform man!

[@DayCyberwox]

Glad to have you on bro 💙

[@HarvestTCI]

We are so proud of you Ifeanyi, your church family here in Turks and Caicos, love what you're doing!!! So proud of you. Give Tia our regards.

[@TosinTosTos]

Thank you for this. Everything discussed here was very insightful. An accountant transitioning to Cybersec (GRC)
Like:
1. Studying like there's no tomorrow 😭
2. Join a bootcamp and go above and beyond with what you're learning
3. Documenting what you are learning along the way. Not creating fire in a cave.
I'll definitely use this even as I prepare on this journey.

[@uwalakaike4497]

Wow… I’m up at 2:00AM seeing this video and I’m not feeling sleepy.
Getting my Solutions Architecture Exam this week and this motivated me and gave me useful insights…God bless you guys

[@shadrachwilson1211]

It’s called preparation + opportunity = success kudos bro👏🏾

[@christiandeausen5820]

Great content ❤ Anything is possible

[@adedirangoodness3830]

Thanks Day and Ifeanyi for this Insightful Session.

[@DayCyberwox]

Thanks for listening!

[@rishabincloud]

2 Gs

[@DayCyberwox]

yessir🫡

[@REXTECH9]

🙌🙌🙌

[@anandvenkatraman8983]

this guy is so funny
especially when he's explaining why things he thought would work didn't work

[@REXTECH9]

😄