Father of 2 & Founder of A Cloud Guru 🦄 Massive Rocket Geek. I’m an AWS Community Hero & Alexa Champion. Passionate about AI, Cloud Computing, SpaceX & Tesla.
5 years ago I was a solutions architect with no experience in teaching. I really wanted to learn
#AWS
but there was almost no good courses online. So after learning AWS myself, I decided to create my own course and
#ACloudGuru
was born. Today we have hit 1 MILLION students. 🥳💥
Crossing the 1 million student mark is a pretty big deal when you’re teaching the world to
#cloud
. Thank you all for your support, we couldn’t do any of this without you. Keep being awesome, cloud gurus!
@MarioNawfal
Such a misleading image and headline. It wasn’t a human looking robot and he wasn’t attacked. It was a malfunctioning piece of machinery designed to move car parts and it happened in 2021 😂
4 years ago I took this photo on the way to my very first AWS exam. A few hours before I had launched my first course. I didn't know it at the time but that would be the day that would change the rest of my life. Happy Birthday to A Cloud Guru!
When your 7 year old and 5 year old discover how to use Alexa to send push notifications to your phone (as well as sending voice messages to every Alexa device in your house) 😔😭😂 Happy Father’s Day everyone 🥳
#alexa
#FathersDay
One of the greatest days of my life. My son and I watched the take off of the Falcon Heavy followed by the landing of the Falcon boosters. The Falcon Heavy now opens the whole solar system up to us and we have a bright future ahead. I’ll remember this day for as long as I live!🚀
On behalf of the team at
@acloudguru
I just wanted to wish all our students across the world a Happy New Year! I’m really looking forward to 2019 and if you are looking for some New Years resolutions add getting AWS certified to your list! Keep Being Awesome Cloud Gurus!
#aws
In the queue with
@fayecloudguru
to get our badges for
#reinvent
. This year is predicted to have 44,000 attendees making it the biggest ever!
@acloudguru
will have a booth this year so please come visit us for some awesome swag and to say hi!
#awsreinvent
Still recording late in to Christmas Eve!
@acloudguru
is dedicated to keeping our courses up to date no matter what time of year! Looking forward to finishing up and heading home for a much needed break!
#aws
#ChristmasEve2018
#acloudguru
Nothing to see here... Just a DeepLens sitting on a Snowball, sitting on an arcade machine with a 110 million year old dinosaur egg in the background. 🎉🎉🎉 I love the London
@acloudguru
office ❤️
@thejarren
@elonmusk
Came here to say that! I was lucky enough to watch the Falcon Heavy take off from the Cape. And when those boosters came back to land it absolutely felt like magic to everyone who was there.
Very excited to launch the Certified AWS Infinidash course on the
@acloudguru
platform. Learn how to deploy, scale and optimize Infinidash both on prem and in the cloud. 25.2 hours of content and 159 lessons on all things
#infinidash
#AWS
I ❤️♾🏃🏼♀️
AWS Secrets Manager - rotate your database passwords automatically, every 6 hours to maximise protection of your application
#AWSSummit
#AWSSummitSF
@acloudguru
We’ve arrived in San Francisco! I’ll be at
#AWSSummitSF
with
@acloudguru
we are next to the Dev Lounge and I’m running a talk at the Dev Lounge at 12pm. Come over and say hi! 🎉🎉🎉
The
@acloudguru
team will be at
#AWSSummit
in
#London
tomorrow. The picture below was last years summit and we are expecting this year to be even bigger. If you see us don’t be afraid to come up and say hi and grab a selfie! 🎉🎉🎉
#AWSSummit2018
#aws
The AWS 10,000 foot overview has now been updated for all
#reinvent
2017 announcements for both Solutions Architect Associate and Developer Associate! 🎉🎉🎉 Tomorrow I will be updating all 3 Associate courses with the relevant UI changes.
@acloudguru
I got to meet one of my heroes tonight at the AWS community heroes drinks.
@Werner
thanks for making this the most awesome
#reinvent
ever for me! I can’t wait for the keynotes and the awesome announcements to come!
#acg
@acloudguru
Busy setting up for our first AWS Summit in Santa Clara! Stop by our booth for this awesome T-shirt in the shape of a cloud as well as lots of other goodies! I’m looking forward to meeting everyone!
#awssummit
#awssummit2019
#awssummitsantaclara
@acloudguru
The London office won the
@acloudguru
#AWS
certification challenge which was which office can get the most new AWS certificates. We are now out celebrating. Cheers Cloud Gurus!
#AWSCertified
🎉🎉🎉
Come and meet me and the
@acloudguru
team at the New York
#awssummit
. We have a booth near the developer lounge and tons of free swag including stickers and astronaut ice cream. 🚀👩🚀🍦
Today was my last day working before Christmas at
@acloudguru
- I’m looking forward to a relaxing 4 days with my close friends and family. To all my students, make sure you take some time off, relax and have a great holiday season!
I turned on a show on Netflix this morning about colonizing Mars but I wasn’t really watching it as I had to work to do. Suddenly
@elonmusk
was interviewed and my 4 year old daughter screamed at the top of her voice “LOOK DADDY, IT’S ELON MUSK!”. Proudest Daddy moment ever ❤️
Another successful
@SpaceX
launch and I passed my
#AWS
Certified Solutions Architect Professional recertification. It’s been a good day! Now to do the new Developer Associate Beta exam.
@acloudguru
Very pleased to be joining forces with the team
@pluralsight
to further expand our mission to teach the world to cloud. I will continue teaching and we have a new CSA course about to launch very very soon. ❤️
We are excited to announce that A Cloud Guru is entering a new and exciting phase, joining forces with a team that shares our mission to teach the world to cloud! We have signed an agreement for
@acloudguru
to be acquired by
@pluralsight
. Read more 👇
The
#aws
certified solutions architect associate exam has changed today. The old exam has been retired and the new exam is available right now. In this video we compare the 2. The current course covers the new exam! I passed the new exam today
@acloudguru
that moment when you get a surprise $8 bill from Amazon and after lots of searching multiple AWS accounts you realise its a sneaky ELB hiding in Singapore that you forgot to delete from months ago.
It was so amazing meeting all of you and yes I’ll definitely come to Mumbai sometime next year. I’ve never been to India before and I’ve always wanted to see your amazing country and meet a lot of our fantastic students ❤️🇮🇳🥳
Finished and passed my certified cloud practitioner exam this morning in 21 minutes and 15 seconds! If you are looking to get certified this
#reinvent
then definitely check it out. Training available at and 🎉👍🏻🎉👍🏻
@acloudguru
Sadly a member of our AWS community passed away. John Bentley was an AWS TAM and went from 2 AWS certs to 11 in just 2 months and earned 5 of them in 1 week. Please support John's loving wife and 7 children.
@awscloud
@acloudguru
@linuxacademyCOM
On my way to my 7th
#aws
#reinvent
. Come check our
@pluralsight
@acloudguru
booth out and say hello! If we’ve taken a selfie together previously over the last 7 years post it below and let me know the year! Looking forward to hanging out with everyone and talking
@awscloud
❤️🎉
Come meet
@fayecloudguru
and the
@acloudguru
team at
#AWSSummit
NYC tomorrow. We have heaps of swag and we are right next to the Dev Lounge. Swing by and grab a selfie, stickers and a shirt!
I’ve finally finished my last few notes for our longest show of AWS this week ever! Heading home tomorrow to see the family after 2 weeks away. A big thank you to
@Millanisms
our video editor who hasn’t slept much in the last week getting everything done!
#reinvent
@acloudguru
Currently working on a new
@acloudguru
security specialty curriculum while literally in the clouds at 30,000 feet! Slides will be finished this coming week (while on vacation 🙈) with the majority of the new lectures coming the following 2 weeks after.
I was lucky enough to get the Pfizer vaccine today. A big thank you to the amazing staff at the
#NHS
. The lady who vaccinated me mentioned she does 12 hour shifts a day to try and vaccinate as many people as possible.
#PfizerGang
#COVID19Vaccination
By far one of the best podcasts I’ve listened to recently. What is happening in the Congo Cobalt mines is atrocious. Thank you
@siddharthkara
for shining a light on this. Looking forward to your book coming out next week. I hope it it becomes a catalyst for change!
#1914
- Thank you
@joerogan
for providing a global platform for this crucial story about the unconscionable conditions of cobalt mining in the Congo.
@StMartinsPress
My
@awscloud
Certified Security Specialty is less than 13 hours and counting! Tune in to our special video blog tomorrow to hear my thoughts on the exam
@acloudguru
🎉🌈🤗
This has been the most amazing year of my life and you
#cloudgurus
made it all possible! ☺️ If you are searching for a 2018 resolution, get that next
@awscloud
certification! Happy 2018 from the whole
@acloudguru
team! ☺️
Amazon have officially released the new exam blue print for Certified Solutions Architect Associate - Beta 2018. To compare the exam blue prints and to see how you can win some exclusive A Cloud Guru swag plus a free ticket to re:invent 2018 check out
The
#AWS
certified security specialty is now back in beta. I re-recorded the entire
@acloudguru
course in November to make it more hands on. I sit the exam first on Monday morning and I’ll be doing updates to the course all next week! Video blog on Monday regarding my thoughts.
Hey cloud gurus, just a heads up that at
@udemy
request my course will be retired on June 14. It's been a great 6 years on
@udemy
but now it's time for a new chapter. You can still take all my courses on the
@acloudguru
platform and I look forward to seeing you there!
🎉
@KroonenburgRyan
is inviting you to get a sneak peek at the all-new A Cloud Guru! Save your seat for the live event on Wednesday: You don't want to miss this!
Our new app has been launched and you can now access all our courses offline using your mobile device. We are now selling membership, so for a low monthly or annual fee you can get access to all our courses and any new courses we make in the next 12 months
I connected to the internet a Windows PC that has been unplugged from the internet since January on Saturday morning. It’s now Monday night and all the OS updates are finally complete. This is me right now.
I was born and raised in Western Australia and it’s been my first time back in 5 years since Covid ❤️ I heard from
@brooke_jamieson
that everyone from
@awscloud
loves a good Quokka selfie so this is for everyone at AWS ❤️
My son Ethan Kroonenburg makes his first debut on
@acloudguru
in AWS This Week. His new course - "The Toddlers Guide To AWS" will be live in early January. Provided he learns to speak in full sentences by then that is! 😂
@awscloud
#aws
#awsthisweek
@heyJTK
I was an immigration lawyer helping people get visas to Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Immigration law is very similar to programming in that immigration law is just a series of IF/THEN/ElSE statements 😂
Apologies for not being at
#reinvent
today. Saw a doctor last night and I’ve come down with an acute case of tonsillitis. I’m on antibiotics and should be better in a few days. The rest of the
@acloudguru
team will be there though! Hopefully I’ll be better in time for
#replay
🎉
I had a quick tour of Google’s London office today. Unfortunately you aren’t allowed to take pictures or videos but it was everything that I imagined it would be! 🎉🎉🎉