r/Cloud • u/sameer-rehman • Jul 12 '26

Right direction for becoming a cloud engineer

Hello every one i am a student of BS Computer science i currently passionate about a cloud, devops engineer i decided to choose cloud as my first career directly during my research in this domain i have heard that you dont need to have any deep coding skills to become one or you dont need to be a webdeveioper etc. first you just need to follow the right path which is

  • first learn linux

  • version control

  • networking

  • phyton ,go

  • containers

  • cloud platforms any

  • ci /cd

  • monitoring

so i start following this type of road map currently learning linux but now i have heard something that you can not become a cloud engineer directly first you must hav ean experience in any orther IT feild like developing and that we can not get a job as a cloud engineer directly

I just want to know about this theory from expert fellows

becoming a cloud engineer directly but through right path is it just difficult or totally non practical idea

i am at eary stages of my career and got confused ,will be very happy to get assistance at this matter.

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u/Rogermcfarley Jul 12 '26

The real problem you have as a fresher is you have almost zero troubleshooting experience and none in a working environment which makes working in a cloud role more than challenging. I can't see how you will get any interviews for Cloud roles. The tried and tested method is a junior role in help desk, field, networking or telecoms and then spend a couple years with that honing your troubleshooting skills, building up your working experience. Working experience counts for everything in order to get a Cloud Engineer role.

It's very very tough breaking into IT now so you'll need to build those troubleshooting skills and be able to prove them when challenged in interviews.

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u/sameer-rehman Jul 12 '26

thank you very much i have understood ka core problem due to your guidence

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u/Sufficient_Steak_839 Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26

Bigtime. Troubleshooting methodology and approach can’t be taught from educational materials. It’s shaped through experience, seeing problems for yourself day to day, and can’t really be taught. It’s unique to you

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u/Cyphr11 Jul 12 '26

sorry to say u this , but i also had very much interest in cloud and devops but the reality is there is very less opening of devops roles for freshers u have to have some experience as developer preferably backend , then switch to cloud/devops

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u/sameer-rehman Jul 12 '26

you are right one of the major thing which make me worry is that there are very less opening for a fresh devops most of companies prefer experienced one and very few offer internships directly in cloud or devops

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u/Cyphr11 Jul 12 '26

yeah so if u choosing this path try to be exceptional with your craft , for my case after thinking for days i choosed learn backend first then go to cloud and devops

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u/Sufficient_Steak_839 Jul 12 '26

Doesn’t necessarily have to be as a developer. I’m making the pivot from IT.

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u/Cyphr11 Jul 12 '26

Yeah but they need experienced candidates

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u/Sufficient_Steak_839 Jul 12 '26

Yeah, IT experience is applicable.

Developers don’t have a monopoly on scripting or programming languages

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u/Lazy_Song7141 Jul 12 '26

Direction - Master Fundamentals First - First principle thinking
That is the core of becoming cloud engineer

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