In this episode of the Tech Stack Playbook, I'll be sharing more about AWS re:Invent - the year's largest global tech conference that brings together leaders, builders, innovators, and creators from cloud, DevOps, serverless, app development, and software engineering from all around the world.

It's Day 3 of AWS re:Invent and there are a ton of announcements! AWS CEO Adam Selipsky delivered the opening keynote and announced a number of exciting updates and announcements, including Amazon Private 5G (imagine building your own 5G network - how cool is that?!)...Amazon SageMaker Canvas for low-code machine learning in the cloud...and a great analysis of what a modern data strategy looks like.

Additionally, I had the opportunity to attend Amazon Leader David Yanacek's workshop on how he builds operational excellence for his teams in an agile way for developers and DevOps engineers at Amazon. The insights he shared were so insightful and really helped to frame up for me how teams can better work together, build together, and collaborate together.  

Finally, I go through a theme park app I built at one of the workshops

Just wrapped up Day 2 of Amazon Web Services (AWS) re:Invent and from the Midnight Madness concert, to building an AI-Powered Image Processor during Talia Nassi's workshop, to catching up with the amazing Adrienne Tacke from MongoDB....there is a TON going on Vegas!

In this episode of the Tech Stack Playbook, I'll be sharing more about AWS re:Invent - the year's largest global tech conference that brings together leaders, builders, innovators, and creators from cloud, DevOps, serverless, app development, and software engineering from all around the world.

Also, I built an AI-Powered image processing application that can take images and analyze certain features about the uploaded images…so that was pretty cool

I have an exciting announcement friends!! I just touched down in Las Vegas for day 1 of AWS' re:Invent 2021 conference

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Have you ever wondered about quantum mechanics, string theory, the multiverse, and how the world’s greatest leaders ascended to the highest versions of themselves? Welcome back to the Tech Stack Playbook, your guide to apps, software, and tech (but in a fun way I promise)...  

This week, I got to sit down with entrepreneurial legend, Pejman (PJ) Ghadimi (https://instagram.com/icreatemillionaires), a powerhouse self-made immigrant multi-millionaire entrepreneur, and the best-selling author of Third Circle Theory, Radius, and Gate of Choice. He brings a wealth of knowledge from his 20+ years building businesses that reshape what and how people learn.  

If you watched Netflix’s Fastest Cars, you probably saw PJ on Season 2 Episode 1 featured for his extensive luxury car collection. Additionally, he’s the founder and teacher at Exotic Car Hacks (ExoticCarHacks.com), Watch Trading Academy (WatchTradingAcademy.com), and Secret Entourage (https://www.instagram.com/secretentourage).  

I've benefited immensely from PJ's teachings and mentorship over the past two years, especially since joining Secret Entourage 2 years ago. Being a startup co-founder now, I'm extremely grateful I read Gate of Choice (GOC) when I did because it was a fully transformational and awakening book into what opportunity, growth, scaling, and success really are about. PJ refers to this concept of the "higher self", beyond the point of self actualization, where you really can create your own reality for others to be in. It gets quite meta when you dissect a lot of these topics, but the the subtitle of the book "a dictionary for the higher human" is the subtitle for a reason. It's highly practical and rich with blueprints, strategies, and guides to help anyone ascend to the highest version of themselves.   

If you're currently building something big or want to in the future, GOC is a must read! To get a copy, go here ➡️ https://www.gateofchoice.com   

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Welcome back to the Tech Stack Playbook — your guide to apps, software, and tech (but in a fun way I promise!)

This week, I had an amazing conversation on Instagram LIVE with HackerEarth (https://www.instagram.com/hackerearth​​), one of the leading online virtual hackathon platforms with a 5+ million developer community and an online learning platform assessing 80+ developer skills. Hackathons have played such an important role in my career, helping me learn new skills at a fast rate, see how to build technology up close, and they continue to be a great way to network, level up skills, and make incredible connections. When HackerEarth reached out to me to do an IG LIVE to answer the question "are hackathons just for the pros?" I of course had to take them up on their offer.

Here’s a glance at what you’ll learn in this episode:

1.) What the real purpose of Hackathons is to me.

2.) Why Hackathons aren't about winning (but something bigger).

3.) What are the 3 language you need for a product-focused Hackathon?

4.) What are the 3 language you need for a proof-of-concept Hackathon?

5.) The greatest lessons I've learned from Hackathons so far (including some funny stories)

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Welcome back to the Tech Stack Playbook — your guide to apps, software, and tech (but in a fun way I promise!)

This week, I had an amazing conversation on Instagram LIVE with Linda Vivah (https://instagram.com/lindavivah​ and https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMJpRQjpe​), a software engineer from NYC, the founder of Coding Crystals (https://www.instagram.com/codingcrystals​), and a fellow AWS Community Builder. I thought the conversation was too good to just stay on Instagram, so that's why I made a whole podcast episode out of it.  

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ALSO, the AWS Community Builders Applications is open until March 31, so make sure to apply and join an incredible community of passionate builders, innovators, and developers along with exclusive trainings hosted by AWS’ leading experts. Link to apply is here: http://amzn.to/38LFg9x​

Welcome back to the Tech Stack Playbook — your guide to apps, software, and tech (but in a fun way I promise!)

Wow…I am completely blown away by the positive feedback and responses I have received since launching this channel. So far, we’ve received 1,750+ views AND 30+ followers on the channel. WOW! Thank you thank you!! I am so excited to keep this going and share more with you about the exciting world of tech.

This episode is an exciting one because I had the chance of a lifetime – pitching my startup to a billionaire. Having the opportunity to get in front of billionaire investor Tim Draper and share the mission and vision of my startup Airblock with him was an incredible experience and I am so grateful I was able to even be able to get there in the first place.

If you’re interested in learning what the whole experience was like, my mindset going to pitch to a billionaire, and the lessons I learned from Tim Draper following the pitch, this episode is one you won’t want to miss.

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Here’s a glance at what you’ll learn in this episode:

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