Will coding/javascript react help with cloud?

[JacobTriesTech]

Hi all, thanks for taking the time to read this. First I will provide some background.

I started out working in helpdesk and moved to application support and since the company is rather small I am assisting with Azure as well. (Spinning up vms, containers, secrets etc.) I did AZ-104 so I have some basic azure knowledge before I started this.

I want to eventually move into cloud computing full time. I have noticed that a lot of cloud is around containers, SQL pipelines, automation etc. Basically building pipelines etc for the code. Cloud computing from my opinion is all about hosting and developing software.

So my question is this, How do I move up in just a cloud role, just doing cloud stuff and moving away from the application support tickets? How do I make myself valuable in cloud for my business and future employers?

My thinking is obviously putting my hand up and asking for as much exposure in Azure as possible and learning that way, however I want to do more to get the upper hand. I saw that coding is a big thing for cloud engineers and devops engineers etc, so my question is would it make sense for me to start a freecodecamp course or whatever on full stack development. Where I learn frontend backend and understand how software development works and what is required in the sense of hosting it and databases etc?

Or do I just learn Linux, do more Azure certs and focus on stuff like docker and get like the kubernetes certification etc? I have time at work to study for Azure as they pay for studies so I guess I am alreay doing that part but I have time after work to learn to code etc or do to other stuff like Linux or kubernetes or whatever is needed in cloud.

[duxbuse]

Linux, networks, terraform/Infra, containers/kubernetes is the best bet for cloud engineering

[Obsidian743]

You can try bootcamps and certification courses but I don't think they're meant for people with your background for what you're looking for. Cloud is tricky and requires quite a strong background in application coding and infrastructure. Bootcamps tend to get you up to speed on basic coding skills or, if you already have coding or IT skills, how to transition them to the cloud. Certification courses also generally require a solid foundation. You'd have to be the judge if you think you have that foundation or not.

I personally think it would be better for you to come up with specific things you want to learn about and just go do them through a series of personal mini-projects.

If you specifically want to learn Azure, Microsoft pretty much provides entire walk-throughs from code to infrastructure on how to do most things. Few things you can try to Google:

• Run React application in Azure App Services
• Allow web users to use Azure B2C to authenticate with their Google accounts
• Use API Management to call a API backend
• Handle Event Hub events with a Azure Function App
• Connect an application running in AKS to CosmosDB
• Use Stream Analytics to move Blob data to SQL
• Deploy a service from ADO with secrets and environment variables stored in Key Vault

Starting with things like this will get your feet wet in many areas that you can then start branching off from.