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   LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Apr-2023 02:51:55 JST LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
   S, who is trying to transition outside of $EMPLOYER to something local to her area of the country, is taking a course to learn how to administer Microsoft's Azure cloud platform. She said the course includes access to MSFT's own servers, so she can get some hands-on experience.
   
   I had told her that the big cloud vendors have zero-price accounts that have access to certain specific services, and that she should sign up. The $EMPLOYER provided Microsoft training account is mostly videos of talking heads telling you about it, with many quick demonstrations included, but almost no actual interaction with Azure itself.
   
   (Which makes sense. The accounts we're using are employer-provided, so if we got real access, any charges would be the organization's responsibility.)
   
   Anyway, I told her that I thought I had a Raspberry Pi Zero W starter kit laying around unused, and that I'd send it if I find it. This is because we also discussed her learning a little about Linux system administration.
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     LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Apr-2023 02:55:57 JST LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

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     She and I both worked in #AL recently, but her locations were West of the main office, while mine were North and East of the main office. After she went home, I covered her old locations one day, and I covered some locations near the #MS state line for a few days.
     
     Which is a long way of saying that we only saw each other briefly.
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     LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Apr-2023 02:57:56 JST LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

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     Anyway, I do have a currently unused #RasPi 0 W starter kit here, but I just went ahead and ordered one, so she'd get something still sealed in its box.
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     LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Apr-2023 12:04:39 JST LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

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     Amazingly, she's so thankful that I'm willing to ship her this starter kit that costs less than $100 (and used to cost less than $50). To me, it is a little bit of help getting away from $EMPLOYER before they decide to push her away.