Career Trajectory : Issue 129 : More About DeepSeek R1

Hey there LinkedIn Family! DeepSeek R1 has been all of the rage. Of course, we have FREE training to get you in the know! Also we have some more Google Cloud Platform free certifications and Google Gemini training. Then this issue contains news about Oracle Cloud exam retirement.

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Breaking News

Freecodecamp Has FREE DeepSeek R1

Andrew Brown, ExamPro CTO, has done it again. He has just released a 90-minute DeepSeek R1 training on Freecodecamp. If you have a device or just want to be an early adopter and ahead of the curve, check out this training here.

Here are some DeepSeek resources

Company website https://www.deepseek.com/

DeepSeek R1 release https://api-docs.deepseek.com/news/news250120

Microsoft AI Foundry and DeepSeek R1 https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/deepseek-r1-is-now-available-on-azure-ai-foundry-and-github/

GitHub DeepSeek R1 https://github.com/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1

Google Cloud

The 2025 Get Certified Challenge Is Open for Registration

The Google Cloud Get Certified Challenge is now open for registration. Register from now through February 10, 2025.

There are 4 GCP certifications

·???????? Associate Cloud Engineer

·???????? Professional Cloud Architect

·???????? Cloud Security Engineer

·???????? Data Engineer

If you’ve registered for the 2024 Get Certified Challenge but want to participate in the 2025 challenge, watch this video and follow these instructions to get eligible.

Remember, GCP is the #3 cloud provider. Getting certified is a great way to increase your competitiveness.

6 Free Google Gemini Trainings

Google is really promoting Gemini AI. Here’s a video link with the 6 free Google Gemini trainings. I want to provide you with free resources so that you can gain a feel for these services before spending money on them.

Oracle Cloud

Oracle Cloud Extends 2024 Foundations Associate Exam Retirements To February 28, 2025

I have just learned this today. Oracle Cloud has extended its free Foundations Associate 2024 exams from February 13, 2025 to February 28, 2025. This gives you a whole another month to take the free training and get certified. OCI is the #5 cloud provider and getting 3 free cloud certifications will put you ahead of the pack.

1z0-1085-24 Foundations Associate https://education.oracle.com/oracle-cloud-infrastructure-2023-foundations-associate/pexam_1Z0-1085-24

1z0-1195-24 Data Foundations Associate https://education.oracle.com/oracle-cloud-infrastructure-2024-data-foundation-associate/pexam_1Z0-1195-24

1z0-1122-24 AI Foundations Associate https://education.oracle.com/oracle-cloud-infrastructure-2024-ai-foundations-associate/pexam_1Z0-1122-24

FYI

$50 Okta Certification Exam Promotion Ends January 31, 2025

Don’t forget that you have 2 more days to pass your Okta Certification exams for $50.

50% Off Fabric Community DP-700 Promotion While Supplies Last

The MS Fabric Community 50% off DP-700 exam voucher promotion is still ongoing through 20,000 vouchers are gone or March 31, 2025.

You must have a

·???????? Fabric Community profile and

·???????? linked MS Learn profile to your Fabric Community profile

·???????? ONE of the Three

o?? DP-203 Azure Data Engineer Associate certification

o?? Complete the DP-700 learning path

o?? Attend a DP-700 Virtual Training Day

Once you receive the voucher, you have 30 days to pass your DP-700 exam.

Microsoft is using this promotion to increase mass adoption of MS Fabric and DP-700 since this exam replaces the DP-203 exam. The DP-203 will retire March 31, 2025.

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