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The cost of GCP certification is the fee you pay to take the exam required by Google. The price varies depending on your location, the type of exam you want, and if you can get a discount. Paying $189 for a GCP certification isn't cheap, but this is standard across all certifications in Google's Certification program. If you're looking to break into major industries like software development or IT management and start off with a higher salary than your peers who fell too short on their schooling, it's worth it. The cost of GCP certification is one of the reasons it's easier to break into Google than other tech giants. GCP certification isn't anything new, but it did get a lot more attention recently as people began to raise questions online about the cost of obtaining this certification and what else Google was doing with their data. It took me several months to find out that the price of GCP certification changed around this time last year. At the time, I aske...

The salary range for a Solutions Architect in AWS can differ wildly depending on their location, years of experience, and other factors. Salaries in this field typically range from $100,000 to over $300,000 per year. A more thorough answer could be found by checking out average salaries for a Solutions Architect in specific locations or by looking at salaries for a Solutions Architect who has been working for 10+ years. Average salaries vary immensely based on personal skill set and location. For example, an AWS Solutions Architect in California can make over $300,000 while in Palo Alto they can make $225,000 per year. Note that some AWS Solutions Architects work in more traditional jobs like software development or system administration, but there are others who provide their services to businesses as a consultant. As a result, the range for what Solutions Architects make varies within itself. Consultants make around $100/hour and full-time employees with benefits make around $80/hou...

Docker Desktop, a popular software development tool, is now available to many more developers through paid subscriptions. In the past, using Docker Desktop was free for all non-commercial developers. This means that if you're not a business and not making money from software development on your own or as part of an organization, then you can still use Docker Desktop for free. The Free Docker Desktop is still available, but it has a new name: Docker Toolbox.   Why does Docker consider that the old Desktop version is not for non-commercial developers? They say that "Early adopters who used the Docker Desktop application to deploy the public repositories on their local machines were already using a commercial product," writes Bao Bean, software engineer at Docker. "That doesn't make sense." So they introduced a change in how they charge for this free tool.