Career Transition Prep

Owner: Frederick Van Wagenen | GitHub: FvanW

Goal

Transitioning from a senior instructional role into Systems Engineering / DevOps / SRE. Target career readiness: July 2029.

Current Phase

Phase 1 — Foundation (2026)

• AWS Cloud Technical Essentials (in progress)
• CS50P — Python for automation
• NDG Linux Essentials

Environment

• OS: WSL2 Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS
• Python: 3.12.3
• Editor: Cursor

Contents

• check_system.py — daily environment readiness check