It’s almost that time of year again! AWS re:Invent is right around the corner, with this year’s annual premier learning event taking place in fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada, from December 2nd – 6th. Here’s everything you need to know ahead of attending.

We’ve curated a list of the top six soft skills that will help tech contractors succeed in all aspects of their freelance careers, from attracting customers and building a pipeline of contract opportunities to maximizing earning potential and delivering results.

In such a rapidly evolving tech ecosystem like AWS, it’s easy for your finger to fall off the pulse. This can have significant consequences, too—knowledge can quickly become outdated, best practices can soon change, and skills can even become obsolete. To put it simply, your learning journey has the power to level up your career journey.

Career progression in tech can feel like an uphill trek. It can take time, require plenty of effort, and sometimes it feels like the odds just aren’t in your favor. But according to, Prasad Rao and Ashish Prajapti, Principal Solutions Architect and Senior Technical Instructor at AWS, tech professionals can reach peaks in their careers by following a wide range of different paths…