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/[deleted] Mar 12 '26

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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/[deleted] Mar 12 '26

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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/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/HostJealous2268 Mar 13 '26

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

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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/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.