{"id":421,"date":"2020-07-04T12:14:51","date_gmt":"2020-07-04T19:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raju.guide\/?p=421"},"modified":"2020-07-04T17:54:22","modified_gmt":"2020-07-05T00:54:22","slug":"uncle-and-us-half-time-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raju.guide\/index.php\/2020\/07\/04\/uncle-and-us-half-time-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Uncle and .us &#8211; Half time Report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>It&#8217;s been 2 months since we started this learning experiment on UncleAnd.us I (Uncle) am happy to report that we&#8217;re doing great; much better than I&#8217;d imagined!<\/p><p>Here is the quick summary of what we&#8217;ve achieved in the last 2 months.<\/p><cite><br>Uncle Raju<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>On 1st May 2020, I wrote a <a href=\"https:\/\/raju.guide\/index.php\/2020\/05\/01\/uncle-and-us\/\">blog post<\/a> about this summer challenge and our goals that we are planning to achieve in the coming four months (May-August 2020).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Back then I thought these were lofty goals, something that if we do 20% of what we promised, I will celebrate as a win! Boy, I was so wrong!! <a href=\"https:\/\/atharva.uncleand.us\/\">Atharva<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/gaurav.uncleand.us\/\">Gaurav<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sam.uncleand.us\/\">Sam<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/avik.uncleand.us\/\">Avik<\/a> surprised me big time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First let me summarize our objectives and then I will share what we have achieved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Our objectives<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Finish Linux fundamentals course<\/li><li>Complete <a href=\"https:\/\/fullstackopen.com\/en\/\">Full Stack Open 2020<\/a> course (Main course!)<\/li><li>(At least one) AWS<\/li><li>Write a blog post every week<\/li><li>Create your own project to demonstrate your learning from each course.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>And here is what we accomplished:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Everyone is attending our weekly call. They always come prepared and excited to share their completed blog posts and what they have learned in the past week.<br><br>Personally I&#8217;ve learned a lot from these meetings. It shows that everyone is really passionate about this initiative and putting all efforts to stay on the course! <\/li><li>The first goal, <em>Linux Fundamentals Course<\/em> completed by everyone.<\/li><li>Now, these young Turks are about to finish the hardest course &#8211; <em>Full Stack Open 2020 course<\/em>; which will give them the power to implement their own ideas.<\/li><li>Atharva <ol><li>Implemented <em><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/atharvakadam\/Trash-Suite-Linux\">Trash Suite for Linux<\/a><\/em> to showcase his Bash skills learned from fundamentals course. <\/li><li>He ended up writing a detailed blog post on Git and GitHub.<\/li><li>Another interesting write up is on <a href=\"https:\/\/atharva.uncleand.us\/linux-and-os-how-to-make-a-new-gcp-instance-and-ssh-into-it\/\">how to create GCP instance and then how to SSH into it<\/a>.<\/li><li>Tomorrow he is going to unveil his side project based on learning from Full Stack Course. Can&#8217;t wait to see things in action!<\/li><\/ol><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sam.uncleand.us\/\">Sam<\/a><ol><li>He is already ahead of the curve in the completion of these courses.<\/li><li>My favorite posts from his blog are:<ol><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sam.uncleand.us\/index.php\/2019\/05\/01\/hello-world\/\">The Missing Semester<\/a> &#8211; which is the basis of our this 4 months learning experiment.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sam.uncleand.us\/index.php\/2020\/05\/17\/first-bash-script\/\">My First Bash Script<\/a> explains how he used the power of Bash to automate the boring tedious tasks of converting old vintage analog videos into digital format.<\/li><li>Very recent blog posts highlight the importance of <a href=\"https:\/\/sam.uncleand.us\/index.php\/2020\/06\/28\/terraforming-the-cloud\/\">automation for provisioning in Cloud Infrastructure such as GCP, AWS, And introduces us to the concept of Terraform<\/a>.<\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ol><\/li><li>Gaurav<ol><li><em>He is the only one who has completed both Linux Fundamentals and Full Stack course<\/em>!<br>Full Stack Course completion is under review before he is eligible to get the $50. <\/li><li>Now he is on the mission of getting AWS Certified!<\/li><li>Also working on building a Twitter clone based on his learning so far!<\/li><li>And we also got to know his love for designer sneakers!<\/li><\/ol><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/avik.uncleand.us\/\">Avik<\/a><ol><li>He is busy with a <a href=\"https:\/\/avik.uncleand.us\/index.php\/2020\/06\/20\/the-mvbhs-comfort-food-cookbook-is-for-sale\/\">fundraiser for his High School<\/a><\/li><li>And finally <a href=\"https:\/\/avik.uncleand.us\/index.php\/2020\/06\/13\/june-week-2\/\">found his love at Alarm.com where he is pursuing an internship<\/a>.<\/li><\/ol><\/li><li>And last not but least, I&#8217;ve given away $225 for the successful completion of the first course by all four lads ($50 to 3 of them and $75 Atharva for going beyond by making an awesome project, during Linux Fundamentals course completion) If you ask me, money well spent! <br><em><strong>And special bonding that we got between all of us is priceless!<\/strong><\/em><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where we go from here<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>As we do while running a marathon, we are striving for negative split; it means second half of the marathon we aim to run faster than first one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The same principle we&#8217;ve decided to apply for the second half of this challenge. I&#8217;m waiting for some more great news from these guys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Till then, keep reading all these four blogs to keep yourself up-to-date!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yours,<br>Raju Uncle<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been 2 months since we started this learning experiment on UncleAnd.us I (Uncle) am happy to report that we&#8217;re doing great; much better than I&#8217;d imagined! Here is the quick summary of what we&#8217;ve achieved in the last 2 months. 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