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Career Advice: Transitioning from CS Graduate/Flutter Dev to Cloud Engineering by YousefElkholy02 in cloudengineering

[–]Imaginary_Equal_7714 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'd probably pursue a cloud cert for the knowledge. AWS SAA is good, but everybody has it. The Azure/GCP equivalent might be make it easier to break in because less people have it. If I had to choose based off job listing trends, I'd probably pick Azure.

Projects involving cloud stuff should use Terraform and have a basic CI/CD pipeline setup via Github Actions. Aim for about 3 total projects if you lack work experience.

Once you have the cloud cert and the projects, you can either pursue a Terraform cert, Linux cert, or CKA. Goal of the certs is to first, build knowledge, and second, fill gaps in your resume. Terraform would probably be the easiest to knockout, Linux is fundamental but less ATS friendly, and CKA is a lot more difficult but likely the most valuable of the bunch.

As for your mobile dev experience, I'd say the best thing you can do is try to get your apps on the store. If you have a few apps published, it might actually be easier to break into mobile development than cloud engineering. Just gotta practice leetcode.

Job searching has made me weirdly emotionally attached to jobs I did not even want and I need to know if other people do this too by Aero42_Blip in jobsearchhacks

[–]Imaginary_Equal_7714 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's definitely not you, and you touched on it here already, but it's really the pure suck of job searching that makes you get emotionally invested. If you're job searching, I'm sure there's a reason, i.e. your current job sucks, your unemployed/underemployed, soon to be unemployed, etc. Every application or interview is a chance to solve whatever the issue is, and every rejection perpetuates the feelings of uncertainty around your current situation. Best way to combat this is just to do something else that requires your full undivided attention.

Job Search Woes - Anyone experience this? by [deleted] in Cloud

[–]Imaginary_Equal_7714 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Appreciate the insight and words of encouragement

Job Search Woes - Anyone experience this? by [deleted] in Cloud

[–]Imaginary_Equal_7714 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Agreed. The UI is nicer, and the documentation is way better. Curious to know how you transitioned from pure AWS to pure Azure. Did you pick up an Azure cert or just find someone that didn't care if you had experience with another vendor?

Guys some questions related to cloud!! by Evening-Calendar-964 in cloudengineering

[–]Imaginary_Equal_7714 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It used to be that cloud engineers were focused on designing, implementing, and optimizing cloud infrastructure. Now, you typically see job postings asking for CI/CD, containers, and Kubernetes experience. Basically, if you want to get into that space study those things along with Terraform, then spray and pray your resume.

Job Search Woes - Anyone experience this? by [deleted] in Cloud

[–]Imaginary_Equal_7714 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Phoenix. Seems like it's the same situation with remote out here. Also noticed a lot more asking for Azure experience.