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📣 buzzcut_diet

What to spend my learning allowance on as a Back end Engineer?


Hi, I've received around ~$3k from my employer to spend on personal development and learning. I was wondering what books/courses/certifications would be good to push my self and learn something new.

I am currently a junior backend engineer and this is my first year working in the industry so I would appreciate any pointers/tips.

  👤 stonecharioteer Accepted Answer ✓
Learnk8s.io is great. The material is insanely good. Register for the advanced course, it includes the basic too.

Buy a 12 inch tablet if your budget allows it, one that allows a stylus. It helps you read and markup pdfs. Don't buy physical tech books unless they're classics. You can also search through soft copies. I use the Samsung Galaxy Tablet S7+. I've heard good things about the iPad Pro also.