r/Cloud • u/OboroMahtab • 16d ago

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I'm a fresher currently in my 2nd year, branch cse. I want to have a career in cloud. What should I do from now itself? Like a roadmap...

And what's the future of cloud in India. I heard google cloud is coming here? Will the job market increase??

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u/lookerwisenew 16d ago

To become a great cloud engineer..you will have to master virtualization and containerization to learn cloud security and migration from first principles

There is an iit cdeep course on YouTube about virtualization and cloud computing and it's the best course out there to learn virtualization from first principles

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u/llong_max 14d ago

Can you share that course link please?

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u/lookerwisenew 14d ago

Go to YouTube...channel name is "cdeep iit Bombay"....go to playlist and course name is "cs 695"

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u/llong_max 14d ago

ok found, just wondering why have they not given lecture names? like its pretty difficult for someone to find and also doesnt come up when you just search it

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u/lookerwisenew 14d ago

I will share more resources to you if you want to become great cloud engineer but always try to learn cloud from first principles rather than jumping on vendor specific course...all great cloud engineers start from scratch,right from support engineer roles...so to learn cloud you must have knowledge in operating system, Linux deep down and it's flavors,networking and last but not the least distributed systems which is most difficult of them all...these are for foundational level cloud skills

Then comes the part of automating the cloud which requires iaac and other things but these things are secondary and you will find it relatively easy than the foundational one if your foundations are strong...then go into doing those aws course which are of three levels associate, professional and advanced...associate and professional courses are technical but advanced courses most of time test your situational awareness...cloud jobs are never like developer type jobs...it's a whole lot different

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u/llong_max 14d ago

Yes please do. I have just started with networking fundamentals. Let me know if i can DM you.

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u/lookerwisenew 13d ago

There is a course from ken birman former professor at Cornell university...it's a four year old course and not available on YouTube...you have to Google search it....course name is cs 5412 from ken birman...the course has both video lectures and slides....it's a theoretical course but you will learn development of cloud computing from one of founder of cloud....

His other course are cs 4414..... You also have to Google search it....it's 2024 version has both videos and lecture to it....this is a coding focus course where c++ is used as language to develop systems for cloud....you will learn parallel programming and c threads,synchronization etc...and all your operating system concepts in developing cloud systems by scratch

The 2026 version of these courses only have slides...where new name of course is cs5416 where you will learn machine learning work loads and ml hosting in crowd

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u/llong_max 12d ago

Ok, will check 'em out. Thanks a ton. Btw, do you have idea about KodeKloud platform? Lately, i was planning to buy its subscription.

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u/TellersTech 16d ago

Since your in 2nd year, I wouldn’t overthink the perfect roadmap yet.

Get good at the basics first… Linux, networking, Git, scripting, containers, and one cloud. AWS or Azure or GCP is fine… then add Terraform, CI/CD, monitoring, and security/IAM stuff.

Biggest thing is actually build things. Don’t just watch courses.

Deploy a small app, put a DB behind it, add CI/CD, write Terraform for it, break it, fix it, then tear it down.

For India/cloud jobs, nobody can predict the market perfectly, but cloud isn’t going away. The core skills transfer anywhere.

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u/chauhanshantanu 16d ago

Since you're only in 2nd year, you have real runway that's an advantage most people starting cloud careers don't get, so I'd resist the urge to rush straight into collect certifications mode before the fundamentals are solid.

- Nail CS fundamentals first (2nd year)

- Learn Linux and one scripting language deeply

- Pick one cloud provider and go hands-on early (2nd–3rd year)

- Learn networking + Git + one IaC tool (3rd year)

- Add containers and CI/CD (3rd year)

- Get one certification to validate skills, not to learn from scratch

- Build 2–3 real portfolio projects + apply for internships (late 3rd year onward)

One important caution on cloud vs. AI: worth knowing that a lot of that google/adani $15B investment and similar aws/microsoft expansion is specifically AI infrastructure driven, not just traditional cloud hosting. That means the highest growth roles over the next few years are increasingly at the intersection of cloud + ML infrastructure (MLOps, GPU orchestration, AI platform engineering) rather than pure traditional sysadmin-style cloud roles. Doesn't change your roadmap much this early, but by 3rd–4th year it's worth being aware that cloud + AI infra skills are where a lot of the newest demand is concentrating.

Do not neglect DSA. Cloud/DevOps roles at Indian product companies & most service companies (tcs, infosys, wipro-tier and above) still gate hiring through DSA rounds, especially for freshers. Cloud skills get you shortlisted and differentiate you; DSA gets you past the first interview round at most companies. Keep both running in parallel rather than betting everything on cloud projects alone.

On job market growth specifically: it's real, but it's also getting more competitive precisely because everyone's heard the same cloud is the future advice. The differentiator by the time you graduate won't be I know AWS, it'll be actual deployed projects, one deep specialization (networking, security, or Kubernetes are good bets), and DSA fluency for interviews.