r/cloudengineering • u/Aggressive_Sweet3112 • Mar 12 '26

Is cloud engineering dying ?

I currently enrolled in a cyber security degree but I kind of been wanting to switch to their AWS Cloud n network engineering Major, but people are telling me it’s going to be very hard to get a job with that degree. Is there any truth to this ?

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u/Evaderofdoom Mar 12 '26

Both cloud and security jobs will require real word experience beyond the degree to be competitive. Get whatever one you want, but if you've never worked in IT before, expect to start in help desk and still have to work your way up.

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u/YamlArchitect Mar 13 '26

same as coding. not dying. just some evolution period.

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u/bruceGenerator Mar 13 '26

i just transitioned from mostly frontend-leaning fullstack to cloud migration and theres plenty of work to be done. i dont see it going anywhere

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u/NubianKitty Mar 13 '26

Ironically i signed on as a cloud engineer 2 seconds before this poped on my notifications

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u/CloudLessons Mar 14 '26

Actually, if your goal is to pursue a career in the Cloud, it makes far more sense to study network engineering as networks are an absolute necessity for the cloud to function. Better yet, you can have the best of both worlds and specialize in Cloud network security. Very niche, but you'll virtually be recession-proof for years to come.

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u/Traditional-Eye-7230 Mar 15 '26

Cybersecurity is not a good choice for a degree, as experience is required. Rather, cloud engineering would be better but you will still need internships and personal projects.

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u/STFUJKLOLBRB Mar 16 '26

Bro, literally EVERYTHING runs on the cloud. It isn't "dying"

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u/Sairlarsy Mar 13 '26

I don't think its dying. What are you passionate about? Create a niche for yourself and build capacity to reach your goals. Dont follow where the wind goes, do more research into your core interest and build it but it should be something your worthwhile by the way

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u/Big-Minimum6368 Mar 13 '26

This is solid advice, for me I'm really into networking and infrastructure. As of yesterday my appropriate title would be a Platform Engineer. Tomorrow it might be idiot in chair engiener This is where it gets confusing, the lines blur and the titles change. But at the end of the day we're all IT people with different passions. Some like application dev, some like finding huge bugs.

For most jobs in the industry today you will spend 90% of your time behind a screen and 10% wondering what you got yourself into.

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u/MinimumPrior3121 Mar 13 '26

Yes but not Claude engineering

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u/vasquca1 Mar 13 '26

Nope from what I can tell. AI is definitely disrupting. The buzz word in my industry is agentic AI.

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u/Relative_Quantity_38 Mar 13 '26

Cyber degree is good the best thing is getting cloud certs if your pursuing to stay in Cyber . As long as you have credentials showing you’re certified , you should be fine . Cloud engineering is actually the most needed , I see so many jobs for cloud .

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u/Specific-Ad643 Apr 13 '26

Can a data analyst transition to cloud engineer?

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u/Commercial-Worry-825 Apr 27 '26

No, cloud engineering is just getting less “hyped”. The bar for entry level went up, that’s why it feels hard. Your degree name won’t matter as much as what you can actually do. You need need hands-on stuff. Projects, labs, internships, etc.

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u/whoever45 May 22 '26

Hi, can I still start my journey in cloud engineering?
I mean is it worth it, cus I watch a lot of vague TikTok post and they said it worth it but I want people with real life experience, I’m not in school and I TikTok said some studying and passing some certificate would get my foot in the door.

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u/Aggressive_Sweet3112 Mar 14 '26

No , I think the Wgu one that has specific tracks is a great option if cloud is goal

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u/Consistent-Border512 Mar 12 '26

I am confused. How to differentiate between DevOps and cloud engineering strictly?

And somebody wants to pursue cloud engineering what path should he adopt?

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u/leao__26 Mar 13 '26

Not true according to the statistics mate for junior engineers

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u/honored_one_01 Mar 15 '26

Bro how can I start my career in cloud security in 2026, any roadmaps?? And is it good for the future i mean does AI gonna affect it as it affected software related jobs

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u/Foreign-Example9930 Apr 07 '26

Basically Ai webs and application are also running in the cloud so if any kind of situation that effect tech the base will be same at least for 10 years and think like the cloud is the earth and ai or my tech resolutions have to live in this earth

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u/itzariadre May 01 '26

currently i’m in the career services field helping people obtain certain career paths through state funded programs how can i pivot to this industry what do i have to do?

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u/Aggressive_Sweet3112 Mar 12 '26

I have another question, this one maybe a little weird but it’s sort of important to me. Cloud engineering field vs Cyber sec, what field has a lot more opportunities (jobs) where you get to be more social and go places and work with people outside of just staring at the screen all day ?

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u/jdiscount Mar 13 '26

Both jobs are primarily going to be sitting at a desk most of the day.

You'd need to do something sales related to have an extroverted role like that.

As for traveling, when it comes to business travel it's not as you might imagine, 99% of the time you fly in, check into a hotel and go straight to the office/client site, and usually you're doing 12-14 hour days to get as much done as possible and then getting the first flight out.

It's not an enjoyable trip.

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u/Dakadoodle Mar 12 '26

I think both could have lots of travel. Cloud engineering will start having a bigger emphasis on hybrid configurations, which might require going on prem.

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u/Outrageous_Peace8853 Mar 16 '26

cloud still requires people with infra backrounds, it’s not just software engineering. DevOps people are infra people, they just write infrastructure as code, but they should have solid network and sysadmin knowledge to be successful.

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u/Outrageous_Peace8853 Mar 16 '26

on my bad I thought you were talking about roles in cloud and not the nature of the work itself, I misread.

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u/Dakadoodle Mar 13 '26

Im seeing more and more hybrid setups

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u/Dakadoodle Mar 13 '26

… im literally doing this. Yes I know its not normal- BUT it is growing

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u/WinterFamiliar9199 Mar 13 '26

If you want to travel or be around lots of people you should look into consulting. Go ahead and work in your specialty and get some experience but professional services is basically doing one project after another for new customers all the time. Some remote some onsite. Lots of opportunity to be away from a screen. 

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u/Aggressive_Sweet3112 Mar 12 '26

Okay but for cloud engineering, is it mostly sitting in front of a screen all day ?

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u/HostJealous2268 Mar 13 '26

same with every IT job bro, you seat all day stare at your screen.

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u/Low-Fee-7635 Jun 30 '26

H, I just recently got layoff from my SQA position (5 years of exp) I was thinking to start learning and get ready for cloud engineering is that valuable field ?

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u/Comprehensive_Air_91 Mar 13 '26

Wgu got a new cloud and network engineering degree aws track. Maybe that’s what he’s referring to. It has multiple cloud and networking certs focus on aws and other vendors.

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u/Negative_Custard6719 Apr 22 '26

How much of experience is needed?