Ep#36 Daily Tech Show: AWS Hero to Sr. Developer Advocate in Africa, Veliswa Boya

Do you want to know what it takes to become an AWS Developer Advocate? Well today we’re talking with the first woman in Africa to become an AWS Hero and she’s now a Sr. Developer Advocate for AWS. She’s sharing all her secrets including how you can get involved.

My guest today is Veliswa boya a Sr. Developer Advocate for AWS in Africa and she’s sharing her experience from an AWS Hero to joining the famous AWS Developer Advocates. We’re also talking about the skills gap in Africa and how she and the community are helping.

https://aws.amazon.com/developer/community/usergroups/

I changed from Medium to dev.to for blogs, I used to blog here before joining AWS: https://dev.to/vel12171

The very first blog is here: https://medium.com/mycloudseries/beginners-guide-cross-account-access-on-aws-through-iam-ef15b474952c

https://aws-shebuilds-summit-2021.splashthat.com/

Alexa Workshop: https://youtu.be/76g7S4EABOk  -       https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/alexa/alexa-skills-kit/get-deeper/tutorials-code-samples/build-an-engaging-alexa-skill/module-3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76g7S4EABOk&authuser=0

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