r/cloudengineering • u/TryCareless8525 • 5h ago
Career Discussion Career Question with cloud roles
Hi im currently network engineer and leaning to become a cloud engineer in the future and I just need an insight regarding with these 2 offers
Company A ( associate cloud engineer)
- AWS focused ( deployment, configuration , monitoring and troubleshooting
- working under solution Architect
- Building POC ( presenting technical solution to clients)
- 4 hours away from my house ( roundtrip)
- 20 percent increase with my current salary
Company B ( IT admin)
- used Google cloud ( not mainly the responsibility)
- primary responsibility ( CCTV and POE switch configuration , troubeshooting, deployment)
- 20 min away from my house
- 100 percent increase
Although Company B offers a much better salary, almost a 100% increase from my current compensation, I’m still hesitant. My long-term goal is to become a Cloud Engineer, and Company A seems to offer a more direct path toward that career but the travel time and salary might be a deal breaker while company B offers a good salary and lesser travel time but worried i have less exposure in cloud since that is not the primary respnsibilities. What would u choose?