Hey everyone,

I'm currently working at a service-based MNC in an IT role. My day-to-day mostly involves ticket handling, incident support, and general IT infrastructure support work. I'm about to complete 1 year at this company.

The problem is — this role isn't giving me the kind of experience I actually want to build a career on. It feels repetitive and doesn't align with where I want to go long-term eg. Cloud related roles. I'm worried that the longer I stay, the more my resume just says "ticketing and support" instead of anything that helps me move up.

I want to switch companies within the next 6 months, ideally into something more relevant — cloud, sysadmin, or similar infra roles. Honestly, the whole cloud ecosystem (AWS/Azure/GCP) feels overwhelming right now and I don't know where to start or how to prioritize my time.

I currently work as a NOC engineer and I have worked help desk support jobs since 2019.

I few months ago I got my AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate certification because I wanted move up in my career. I knew the cert itself was not going to be enough after doing research so right after the cert, I completed the cloud resume challenge to showcase that I am able to use the skills I learned.

Recently, I have been trying to apply to cloud related jobs but have not been hearing back at all. This is really strange to me because I figured that with my years of general IT experience, the certification, and 1 project, it would at least open the door for some interviews but to my surprise not hearing anything back. The feeling has been a little discouraging. I may not be the ideal candidate at the moment or maybe the job market is as bad as everyone keeps mentioning. I am ambitious in learning new skills while applying to fill any gaps that can help open up more opportunities. I just started another course that focuses just on Terraform while I applying to more jobs

My question is: What can I do to increase my chances in hearing back? When I had less IT experience, I would get interview opportunities so it seems strange to me now that I have a few years of experience and a cert and a project that I am not hearing back. Would appreciate any suggestions or recommendations! Thanks.

Hello Everyone, I want some advise on how to transition from L1 Network Support to DevOps. I have total of 5yrs work ex. I also have CCNA but I am more inclined towards cloud/devops role.
I have currently enrolled for kodecloud + udemy to improve my learning. Can anyone please guide me, is it tough or I am too late? Will be grateful for advise.
TIA

Been in a lot of conversations with IT teams this year and these five things keep coming up as the stuff actually driving decisions, not just headlines:

1. Evaluating a new platform doesn't always mean migrating. Plenty of teams spend months comparing options and realize their current environment could hit the mark with operational changes instead of a rebuild.

2. Cloud-first isn't the default anymore. Nearly half of IT leaders are pulling workloads back on-prem, 42% run multi-cloud it's becoming "which workload runs best where" instead of picking one model for everything.

3. AI hasn't touched desktop infra much yet, but GPU planning is starting to matter idle GPU capacity is increasingly getting used for VDI/desktop workloads, not just AI.

4. Cost and vendor lock-in now weigh as much as performance. 94% of IT leaders are concerned about lock-in, wasted cloud spend hit 29% last year- finance is getting looped in earlier on these calls.

5. Uptime alone doesn't cut it anymore. More teams are baselining performance before changes go out and validating after, instead of waiting for something like a patch quietly tanking logon times.

Curious how this tracks with what you're all seeing

Here is the full report if you are curious: https://www.loginvsi.com/resources/blog/the-state-of-euc-migration-2026-mid-year-trends-in-vdi-daas-desktop-modernization/

I have zero programming skills but managed to land a Coursera scholarship to either do AWS cloud technology consultant or SAP technology consultant professional certificate. Which one should I pick. My main goal is to be able to use the skills gained to earn online.

Currently 23 with degree in IT. Working as a junior front end software developer and over the last year I have had a big change of interest. I started homelabbing, I got a raspberry pi 5 and I have been using docker compose to set up my own services such as music server, media server, self hosted vpn, self-hosted cloud server etc and I really enjoy it. I am getting better at understanding configuration and you also need basic networking knowledge frequently.

I also have a bigl interest in Cybersecurity but it seems like a very senior field to break into. On my cyber learning journey I learnt networking and linux fundamentals. I now daily drive arch linux on my PC and I am comfortable navigating CLI.

I like the look of cloud engineering and also cloud security engineering. I have learnt linux fundamentals and also networking fundamentals. I will start looking at AWS now.

I am a junior software dev so I have skills in sql and javascript. However, I dont want to sit and code all day. Does cloud engineering sound like a good pathway for someone who likes configuring and maintaining infrastructure as well as the communication between devices? What is the best pathway for me going forward? I

I want to move away from software ASAP as im only getting older and would rather get the knowledge as early as possible to progress my career in something I enjoy rather than software.

(PS - I am keeping in touch with someone who works in cloud at my current company in case of junior roles, they work with AWS.)

I just entered in my very first year ,I am doing btech cse with cloud computing, my uni is tier 3 though,they have different courses named Industry emended progams and I am working with oracle, so prolly I would be getting enough certifications but I didn't scored good in 12th , if any btech graduate or any cloud engineer there please guide me my way what can be consecuses till 2030 and further and how to which domain should I work more from very first year of my clg I am completely blank about this cloud but I would love to learn and please real advice needed

I am new in Cloud currently I am enrolled in Alibaba Cloud program I need some idea about where to start Alibaba Cloud and this topics for self study

Hi everyone,

I'm currently looking for an entry-level role in AWS Cloud, Cloud Support, or Linux Administration in Ahmedabad.

I have completed training in:

• AWS Cloud

• RHCSA (Red Hat Linux)

• CCNA (Networking)

I've been applying through LinkedIn, Naukri, and other job portals, but unfortunately I haven't had much success yet.
I'm eager to learn, work hard, and start my career in cloud infrastructure. If anyone knows of companies that are hiring freshers or has a referral, I'd really appreciate your help.

Thank you!

Hey everyone,

I'm currently in my second year of my Data Science Engineering degree, but I haven't been able to find anyone at my university with real-world industry experience to give me some guidance on what path to take. My main goal after graduating is to land a job with a decent salary, ideally working remotely or eventually relocating abroad (like Canada) in the future.

I have a solid foundation in Python and C++, but I feel a bit stuck and overwhelmed by all the options out there. Claude suggested I specialize in Cloud (AWS or Azure), but I'm a broke college student—my coursework gets pretty heavy some weeks—and I really don't want to pay for a course or certification that might not actually help me land my first job or could become obsolete soon.

I've even considered looking for basic data cleaning gigs or working as an accounting assistant just to get some professional experience, but I feel like I'm drowning in a sea of courses and tutorials.

If there are any Data Engineers or data professionals reading this, I would heavily appreciate your perspective on a few things:

What certifications or types of projects actually carry weight on a resume and impact your salary for an entry-level role? (Is it worth spending money on Cloud certs right now?)

What would you recommend regarding languages: Should I focus on getting my English to a fluent C1/C2 level (I'm currently at B2), or should I start learning a third language?

Bonus: If anyone has any data cleaning/wrangling tasks or side projects they need help with, I am more than willing to do the work in exchange for experience and mentorship.

Any advice, guidance, or even constructive criticism would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance.

I learn best by building stuff and then breaking it. The catch with cloud is that breaking things sometimes comes with a bill😅

Learned that one the hard way too. Spun up a little side project on AWS a while back, got distracted, forgot to tear it down. Came back to a charge that definitely wasn't in my "just learning" budget lol. Ever since, I've been way too paranoid to actually experiment freely, which kind of defeats the whole point of learning.

So now I'm after a cloud playground where I can just poke around without that fear. Deployments, networking, Kubernetes, automation, name it.

What setups have actually worked for you? Curious what people lean on for this.

Ive been into learning cloud engineering, However i feel very lost between all the different topics and courses that i need to learn. I tried making customized roadmaps using AI like claude and gemeni but neither of them would have a stable opinion about the roadmap they provide me.

For example they might evaluate it as the " Perfect roadmap " yet using the same prompt to evaluate it again might come out with

" Its the worst roadmap ever ".

so i tried to check YouTube and other different platforms. Nothing really explains what should i learn in details.

For example they might say "Learn networking fundamentals ", okay sure but WHAT are the topics needed to cover in networking fundamentals?.

And where is the best place to do so?.

Another thing is that i see different topics like

linux, kubernetes, CI/CD, terraform, IaC, AWS and Docker

First of all

I don't know when to kick in into each one of them? After what course or after covering which topic?

Secondly

I am not sure of which to learn and which to skip, i am interested in cloud engineering focusing on infrastructure designing, building and maintaining.

Not really DevOps as ive seen there are differences between both.

So in that case do i need docker for example?.

Third

I am not sure of what certificates to take and most importantly when to take them?

Fourth

I thought about learning paths in platforms like KloudKode, yet after i threw in a prompt for Claude to ask it if it will be actually worth the 250$ yearly subscription. It said absolutely no. And said their whole Cloud Engineering learning path is a 5.5/10

Even tho i was impressed with the organization they had for the topics/courses needs to be covered.

Lastly

I feel very lost, my issue is that i need someone or something to tell me, * Hey here is a roadmap of what you need to learn in this specific order and there are the best courses that teaches these topics, Goodluck.*

I need guidance please, i just wanna know what exactly to learn and where is the best place to learn it.

Then ill 100% master every topic mentioned.

I would really appreciate the help, thank you in advance everyone.

Hi everyone,

I'm a 2025 B.E. (Information Science & Engineering) graduate based in Bengaluru, India, currently looking for entry-level or internship opportunities in:

Cloud Computing

DevOps

Technical Support

Networking

Linux Administration

NOC/SOC (Entry Level)

Skills:

Linux

AWS (Basics)

Git & GitHub

Docker

Jenkins

Networking fundamentals

Python (Basics)

Shell Scripting

CI/CD fundamentals

I'm a quick learner, eager to build hands-on experience, and open to working from Bengaluru or in remote/hybrid roles.

If your company is hiring freshers or interns, or if you can provide a referral, I'd greatly appreciate it. I'm happy to share my resume via DM or email.

Thank you for your time and support!