It's been six months since my last post here. If you read the old series, you know how it ended. I lost money on Pump.fun, tried a few things, and then I just stopped writing. I'm not in crypto anymore. Not angry about it, it just wasn't for me.

So this is a new series. Different topic, same rules: I tell you what actually happens, including the bad days.

Here's where I am.

I'm 26, I live in Sevilla and I work in hospitality. Split shift: 12 to 4, then 8 to midnight. In between I have about four hours, and that's where everything else has to fit.

I studied IT. I have a vocational degree in multiplatform app development and another one in systems and networks. On paper I'm a developer. In real life I carry plates.

This year I decided to stop waiting and go for cloud. I did a cloud computing program, and in September I took my first certification, Azure AZ-900. I passed with 714. You need 700. So yeah, I passed by 14 points. I'll take it.

Next one is AWS Cloud Practitioner, and the exam is this month. I'm studying in the gap between shifts and on Sundays, my only full day off.

Why write this here? Two reasons. One, the old series kept me honest. When you know you have to post "Day 4", you actually do the thing. Two, I want to see if someone with a normal job and no free time can really make this switch. I don't know yet. That's the point.

What I'll post:

• how I study with almost no time

• the AWS exam, pass or fail

• small projects I build (I already made an app for the bar where I work, more on that soon)

• job applications and what companies actually answer

Day 2 will probably be about exam prep. If you're doing something similar, or you already made the jump, tell me in the comments. I'd like to know how long it took you.