Sullivan - Official Google Cloud Certified Associate Cloud Engineer Study Guide

Dan Sullivan

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to Katherine

A book is a team effortmore so for this book than any Ive written before.

I am fortunate to have had the opportunity to work with Jim Minatel, associate publisher at John Wiley & Sons, and Carole Jelen, VP of Waterside Productions. Carole and Jim shared their vision for this book and invited me into their endeavor. They have been through the entire, sometimes time-challenged, writing of this book. Their knowledge and experience led to an improved book over the one you might otherwise be reading.

I am especially grateful for Stephanie Bartons help shaping the manuscript into its finished form. Stephanie edited the text, deciphered awkward grammatical contortions, and helped me think through the pedagogy of question design.

Thank you to Christine OConnor for shepherding this book through the production process, which had more moving parts than I could track. Thanks to Kim Wimpsett for getting the text into final shape and suitable for the public.

I appreciate the careful attention and close reading by the technical editors, whose efforts made the text more precise and accurate.

I am fortunate to work in a stimulating professional environment where the culture supports who we are as individuals and enables a level of collaboration Ive never experienced before joining New Relic. Thank you to my director, Cathy Rotering, who has a talent for seeing what makes people tick and helping them get where they want to go.

Like any accomplishment that might look like my doing, this book is possible because of those closest to me: Meg; all five of my children, particularly James and Nicholas, who were my first readers; and most importantly my wife, Katherine. For the 35 years weve been together, Katherine has engaged life with joy. Her own demanding work in literary publishing and poetry is changing lives, but Katherine is always present for those she loves, especially me.

Dan Sullivan is a principal engineer and software architect at New Relic. He specializes in streaming analytics, machine learning, and cloud computing. Dan is the author of NoSQL for Mere Mortals and several LinkedIn Learning courses on databases, data science, and machine learning. Dan has certifications from Google and AWS along with a Ph.D. in genetics and computational biology.

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