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February 6, 2023

S3 E02: Becoming an AWS Hero & Pursuing a Dream Job w/ Hiroko Nishimura

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February 6, 2023
Margo McCabe
Head of DevRel & Partnerships at Harper

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In this episode we chat with Hiroko Nishimura about her non-traditional journey in tech, what it means to be an AWS Hero, her recently published book titled "AWS for Non-Engineers," and how she accidentally ended up in her dream job. She also shares a bit about overcoming unique challenges and learning to ultimately use those challenges to her benefit.

Hiroko Nishimura is a Technical Author and Technical Instructor with background in corporate IT and special education. She teaches "Introduction to AWS for Non-Engineers" at LinkedIn Learning, published "AWS for Non-Engineers" at Manning Publications, and is an AWS Community Hero.

Harper fuses database, cache, messaging, and application functions into a single process, delivering web performance, simplicity, and resilience unmatched by multi-technology stacks.

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