Official Google Cloud Certified Associate Cloud Engineer Study Guide

555 Pages·2019·62.78 MB·English

by  Dan Sullivan

Official Google Cloud Certified
Associate Cloud
Engineer
Study Guide
Official Google Cloud Certified
Associate Cloud
Engineer
Study Guide
Dan Sullivan
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Acknowledgments
A book is a team effort—more so for this book than any I’ve written before.
I am fortunate to have had the opportunity to work with Jim Minatel, associate pub-
lisher 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 Barton’s help shaping the manuscript into its fn-
ished form. Stephanie edited the text, deciphered awkward grammatical contortions, and
helped me think through the pedagogy of question design.
Thank you to Christine O’Connor 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 fnal 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 sup-
ports who we are as individuals and enables a level of collaboration I’ve 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 fve of my children, particularly James and Nicholas, who
were my frst readers; and most importantly my wife, Katherine. For the 35 years we’ve
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.
About the Author
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 certifcations from Google and AWS along with a Ph.D. in
genetics and computational biology.