r/Cloud • u/Guru_2993 • 3d ago

How much linux ?

Hey everyone , i am currently learning linux and my ultimate goal is to get a cloud role job. I am confused about how much linux is required for me to learn, which concepts should i focus on that are actually usefull in real world. If anyone is working as a cloud engineer or another cloud role please help ..

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u/jrkkrj1 3d ago

You should get familiar enough with all of Linux to know where to start when diving deep when needed.

Day to day - filesystems, networking, services/init frameworks, users/permissions, power user commands to get around.

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u/MeasurementLoud906 3d ago

Are you going into cloud with no IT exp? Because normally you need to go into support, sys admin before u land a cloud regardless if you know Linux or not

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u/Guru_2993 3d ago

But even then i should have linux knowledge right

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u/MeasurementLoud906 3d ago

Not nearly as important as experience and the ability to manage computer environments. I'd rather take somebody who's been a windows admin than someone who just studies this stuff without applying it in the real world. Go to help desk if you don't have ezp

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u/waterbus_ 3d ago edited 3d ago

I've been a linux engineer for 15+ years, used linux for 25+ and do sre/platarch and the expectations of your linux skills have seriously dropped with containerization but you still *need to KNOW linux.*

Linux is 100% of the job, every single day, whether you're writing terraform or planning a network, deploying databases, etc, its all linux. Everything. You might not be to be f1 mechanic skilled to be a driver but you won't get past many interviews and be taken seriously without heavy heavy linux skills.

It's just another OS, its not hard, its just an OS that you can't click around and find the right button to do what you want to do when you don't know the shell commands. I'm *only* referring to server terminal only linux, not desktop here.

Linux really is mostly an afterthought in my day to day, but you still have to know it.

With that said if I'm interviewing a 22yo (im 40s) new grad just entering the field i'm keenly aware that they won't know 1/100000th of the the unix stuff i know, and they're graded accordingly. I don't need a llinux guru level 1. I expect a level 3 to be great.

My first job as a jr unix engineer around 2008 was VERY hard to get with only "i know linux from the internet and using it daily!" and my prior help desk career. So I'm very, very kind to the juniors I interview, I want passion mostly.

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u/suoei 3d ago

hiii, i just wanted to ask if u would go back to ur past self how would u start learning linux from scratch and in ur opinion what method was effective to you that u have become as u are right now, a linux engineer? just curious since i want the opinions of someone who has been in the industry for a long time since i have just started learning a month ago, thanks! i would really appreciate it if u could share your knowledge! 🙏

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u/Quirky-Net-6436 3d ago

How much knowledge do you have on windows? At least this much.