BYOC - Bring Your Own Challenge

Details:
This is a focused, comprehensive design challenge/hackathon to review and put into practice contents covered in the Google Professional Cloud Architect exam (https://cloud.google.com/certification/guides/cloud-architect).

It is also an avenue for test takers and professionals to discuss and share ideas related to cloud technology and Google Cloud services, to supplement the regular content in our monthly meetups.

Agenda:
- 6.30 - 7:00 > networking, grab a coffee, get settled.
- 7:00 - 7:30 > Quick introduction, demographic overview, group assignments, problem reveal and definition
- 7.30 - 8.30 > Study/hack/look busy
- 8.30 - 9.00 > Presentation of solution diagrams, peer reviews and
- 9.00 - 9.30 > Questions and Answers, and follow up Questions.

Expectations / !Homework!:

The meetup assumes participants have on them the basics of cloud computing, and additionally familiarity with both popular cloud service vendors and open source solutions.

Challenge yourself to know where you stand with the Practice Exam: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdDAVzEp7b9NvpZYpkkcRATLlRds2q0YYbBYCJ6RRrxMkJvUQ/viewform
- no passing grades, just helps with understanding our first class. More data == Better decisions.

You may also activate your Google cloud account for a head start, but we may not deploy the solutions within the hack session itself.

Other materials:
Getting Started: https://www.coursera.org/specializations/gcp-architecture