Hi KurtMueller, get yourself a new AWS account with the free tier, find out exactly which resources ARE NOT included with the free tier, and get down with a simple Terraform file. Terraform code has a one-to-one mapping with AWS resources, so it's easy to follow. One code test that my previous company had was to create a simple load-balanced web server in Ansible or Chef, but you could also do it with Terraform too. Two servers and a load balancer in front, simple but teaches you a lot of fundamental stuff.

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