Recap of Quantopian’s Oct 21, 2025 webinar with Jiri Pik, Ernie Chan, and Jared Broad: practical AI trading lessons, a QuantConnect live demo, and career advice.
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The Obsolescence of AWS Certifications: A Cloud Architect’s Perspective
Why AWS certifications are becoming obsolete: in the LLM era, memorization-based exams matter less than critical thinking and real-world architecture; plus why I won’t renew all 12 AWS certs in 2025.
Hands-On AI Trading with Python, QuantConnect, and AWS – Now Available!
Now available: Hands-On AI Trading with Python, QuantConnect & AWS—20+ AI trading algorithms with GitHub code, covering ML, DL, RL, LLMs, and risk.
Beyond Exams and Certifications: What Really Predicts Success in Law, Tech, and Finance?
Why exams and certifications rarely predict real performance: drawing on a Nevada Bar validity study and cross-industry experience, this post argues success comes from care, experimentation, trust, execution, and creativity.
Jiri Pik’s New Book “Hands-On AI Trading with Python, QuantConnect and AWS”
Announcing Wiley’s Hands-On AI Trading with Python, QuantConnect & AWS: 20+ worked AI trading strategies with full code, a structured workflow, and expert endorsements.
Why You Should Never Join the AWS Community Builders Program
A critique of the AWS Community Builders program: why it can resemble employment, delivers low value, rewards marketing over judgment, and may block careers.
Most Performant Docker Base Images for Data Science on AWS Batch
Benchmark Docker base images for AWS Batch data-science jobs—Ubuntu vs official Python vs IntelPython—with practical guidance on when IntelPython wins for math-heavy workloads.
AWS Credits & Discount Programs Overview
AWS credits and discount programs explained: startup credits (Kickstarter/Activate), PoC + MAP funding, partner credits, and discounts like EDP, private pricing, and volume tiers.
A Step-by-Step Guide to Efficiently Processing AWS Events’ Videos
Process AWS Events videos efficiently: subscribe to YouTube Premium, track AWS YouTube channels in Feedly (unwatched-only), and generate fast insights/summaries with Eightify Pro.
Lessons Learned from Having Passed all Twelve AWS Certification Exams
Lessons from passing all 12 AWS certification exams in a “one exam per month” marathon: what it proves, how to interpret others’ badges, exam patterns, and the best prep strategy.