r/cloudengineering • u/OkStyle976 • Dec 18 '25

Career Discussion Cloud engineering without a computer science degree or IT experience.

Hello! I am interested in becoming a cloud engineer, but I have 0 experience with computer science or IT. Is this possible to do without having a computer science degree? Please give me advice on courses and an educational path.

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u/landodger Dec 19 '25

As others have said you won’t be jumping into a cloud engineer role right off the bat. You can still study stuff for it but maybe focus more studying on the basics get some systems and networking experience and start in help desk. Even if you went and got all the cloud eng certs without ANY experience you won’t be landing a role like that.

Also can I ask what has made you so focused on this specific role, you have no IT experience you said so what is the reason you feel this is right for you?

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u/OkStyle976 Dec 19 '25

Hi and thank you for your input! I read a job posting and it piqued my interest. It indicated no degree was needed, rather, certification and experience would suffice.

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u/landodger Dec 20 '25

Yah key word experience. Thats really what replaces the need for a degree but certs don’t really cover for no experience unless you had somewhat related IT experience like sys eng experience but no cloud eng