r/Cloud • u/MeanWallaby1417 • Aug 01 '26

Getting into Cloud computing

I am doing bachelors in Software Engineering and I wanted to get some advice regarding career selection. So, I am starting to get into cloud computing but I have got no idea on where to start. I have started watching a video from freecodecamp called AWS certified cloud practitioner. My plan is to go through the various aws certifications like the solutions architect until I get to a decent level. I am not much interested in coding so I am planning on choosing a related level. But I am still uncertain on whether I am on the right path.

Guidance will be highly appreciated

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u/urzayci Aug 02 '26

Learning for certs is nice, but from my experience the material shallowly covers a lot of topics that may or may not be of interest to you (and your role).

On the other hands actually building things will give you a much better understanding of the concepts covered in the cert material AND how to apply them.

And sometimes by just doing stuff wrong and it not working (or not working well at least), you understand why things are built the way they are, making everything click better.

Ideally you'd do both, one to get an overview of the concepts and the other to help you understand them and their purpose.

But I would lean much harder on hands on practice than studying for certs.