Hello Chilled one, just letting you know that it's been about year and half or so since I started following your channel. I was an IT Support Analyst and started following your "Zero to Cloud" video. In the meantime I did a cyber certification, a devops cert ,applied to a SE bootcamp at my workplace. The bootcamp is almost finished and I secured a DevOps job, considerably more amount of money but my motivation is the learning part, the money will come as I become more proficient. Please accept this "lil sum sum" as an acknowledgement of my appreciation. Thank you so much again! Im not done yet. Next stop is becoming a Cloud Engineer. Keep up the good work, youre changing lives out here. ❤Thanks
Hi for all those asking, here's my advice on how to get into tech, most tech influencers would charge you $$$ or sell you some BS twitter eBook for this so I'd appreciate a Like and Sub ;) This is exactly what I did to go from $15 an hour selling iPhones to working my way up to $175k base salary Start in support, work your A$$ off in that role for a year and upskill in your free time. I know support roles get bad rep and people wanna skip it but trust me it gives you a range of high-level skills that are great for next roles, especially documenting, ticketing systems, and troubleshooting. Besides upskilling, get 2 most relevant certs for the role you want (research this, openupthecloud.com/role is helpful), build as many projects as you can and most importantly document them somehow, this will help you practice when it comes to interviewing. After a year in support, I think that's enough experience to leverage for a next role. When applying to your next role don't pay too much attention to the role title and care more about the description. Plenty of roles will give you cloud exposure without having "cloud" in the title. Once you feel like you have 50% of the job requirements in the job post, apply! Tailor your resume, tailor your cover letter. I know people complain about having to write cover letters often but trust me it makes a difference (I have a video on this too if you want to use my Microsoft cover letter as an example). Most importantly my friends, learn how to learn. Yes, you can be self-taught. Learning something technical is hard but trust me the sooner you take the time to learn how you learn best, the better. There's this ted talk called learning how to learn that is fantastic. Bootcamps and such will sell you dreams and yes, I get some people need that type of guidance, but I just don't see how they are worth the several tens of thousands that they charge when you can teach yourself everything at home. Attend free meetups and networking events, don't try to leech of people, bring value to relationships. Be honest, authentic, kind, and work hard. You can do this, I know you can, GPS.
A big emphasis on project work. Has really helped me learn by going hands on and bashing my head against the wall(no punt intended on "bash" lol) when getting stuck and figuring things out. I am now a cloud support engineer and still learning. Thanks G for going over this 🙏.
@@MadeByGPS Thank you! Originally was studying towards a devops role. Gotta shoot for the stars, to at least land on the moon 🙂. Appreciate you and others who have placed a road map for us all. Keep up the good work!
Hey Steven, May I know where do u found material (path) for the same? And where did you get projects which actually teach problems of actual projects ( rather than the age-old projects available in bootcamps/udemy/courses online) . help requested!
I am 53 and moving out of the helpdesk and desktop support field and Cloud is the way I am going. I have been scared to death of programming languages, but I gotta give it a shot. Thank you so much for this video (and the others). I plan on using your blueprint somewhat to get where I want to go. Again Thank you!
Same here Brian! Been doing helpdesk/IT for the last decade or so. I'm terrified of programming but now is the time to suck it up and push myself to the limit. Good luck on your journey!
@brianrandell5334, I'm in a similar boat, I'm 53 and moving out of telecom and electronics field work. The good thing for me and the roles I've had is I've been exposed to a plethora of technologies over the last 20 years or so. Which makes things slightly "easier" to make the transition. However when I first started thinking about where to land coming from the other side of tech, my head began to hurt, there's so many options. I started exploring web development, after learning the basics, HTML, CSS & JavaScript, I was like, I don't think I want to do this. I wanted something a bit more challenging. Looked at Block Chain/Web3 eco system, ok this seems interesting, but then I discovered, I need to know Web2 better before I jump to Web3. Ok back to Web2 it is. Was pulling my hair out (I'm bald BTW) trying to see what skills I've learned over the past 20 years that would overlap with other tech industries. Then I found the power of Python, now we talking, I jumped right in. First up Python Crash Course by Eric Matthes (No Starch Press), then Python Distilled by David M. Beazley. There's plenty of other books I have but I started with those two. So what do I learn next you ask, Linux command line, yes sir! I love it, nothing like the good old command line. I had been a linux user for years so diving deeper was a blast. @Gwyenth Pena-Siguenza, guess what distro I chose ? You guessed it PopOs! How cool is that. For a minute I was all over the place, which is the problem for most beginners, but I was able to navigate through and fill in some knowledge gaps like version control, data bases and working with API's. I was thinking Back-End developer but after watching this video, DevOps or Could Engineer. Now I find out Google has some IoT technologies within Azure @Microsoft IoT Developers. Coming from electronics, this might be worth a look for me. Thank You Gwyneth for making this video and the Learn to Cloud guide. Wish I would've seen this a year ago. Good luck to everyone, be kind to yourself while you learning.
Right there with you on the programming. Since SysOps is the way I want to go I am hoping automation will suffice. I don't really know if building applications will be necessary as a SysOps admin but I do know automation is ideal. I call it baby programming. LOL If you are into DevOps or SRE then programming will make you a stronger candidate.
This was awesome. I run a dev team for cloud and helping people figure out how to get started has been my new thing and happened upon your video while doing some research.
3.5 years on the help desk and I’m finally moving on to a cloud analyst position. Super nervous but I’m excited that all the hard work paid off and I’m diving deeper into tech.
@@nabeelrajabali2172 yes. I’m lucky enough to work at a big organization that has many departments in IT. My manager knew I was interested and he reached out to the cloud manager which got me to work on smaller projects with the cloud team. After about a year, an analyst position opened up and they offered me the position and training. You gotta network my dude.
I turned my laptop to an PopOS machine and run Kali in a VM on it. The help you are giving out is amazing. I find my self leaning towards cloud security as I finish school and this is a lot of help and super true. Specially the Linux basics for hackers book, such an amazing book. Good luck to anyone starting, don’t give up, it’s not easy a a lot of sleepless nights sometimes. You got this.
You are skipping many steps going into cloud security. First learn cloud, then after working on it onsite as a professional you learn how to secure cloud. No one is going to hire you to secure their network if you have never used their network.
I'm a service desk lead, 2 years in. Just got server fundaments cert. I was gonna go for sys admin but I think I'll go a step further and stick with learning cloud. Taking az-900 this week. Credit you and using some azure at work for making me interested in this new path!
You need a Systems Administration background to work in the cloud on the operations side as thr vast majority of Cloud roles evolve around a Systems Administration or System Engineer background. Many sysadmin jobs are listed under Cloud Administrator, DevOps Engineer given that job titles in the IT industry can be ambiguous. System Administrators essentially skill up with cloud computing and automation skills. But most organizations are mostly Hybrid On-Prem and Cloud. You basically going have to know both. I would move into a Jr. Systems Administrator role before jumping into strickly Cloud to have that server Administration background.
@@bd2eazy You are going to need to know Windows Server and Linux Server Administration knowledge. The Azure 104 requires to have knowledge of administering Windows Server. If you don't have that background, it's going to be a hard exam to pass which is why most people that take the AZ-104 exam comes from a Systems Administrator background that at least worked as a Jr. Sysadmin.
I am student graduating this month already have; as 104, az 900 . AAD, AD, server 12,16 . Python, css, html, mongodb, MySQL knowledge but not getting any response from employer. Most of them are asking for experience
I really liked your video! You laid everything out in a well organized and straight to the point manner, while also adding in some additional notes with each topic you mentioned. Loved it! Thank you!
GPS, I just wanted to echo my thanks to you for laying out the steps as you have here! You have made it easy to understand and follow! I am glad that you have pieced together everything the way you did as you already did the leg work and had to figure out as much as you did prior to any of us following the same path! Please keep it up as you deliver actual useful content, and it is only those who I will allow the ads to run for! I will make that promise to let the ads runs to their extent just because of the useful content you leave here for us and I hope others understand and do the same! 🙏
I literally just started my first help desk position, I know that working with the cloud is where I want to be but I couldn't find any guides on how to go about that. Your video was so helpful in giving me an idea of where I need to focus my free time!
This is the content I needed. I've worked with cloud before but on project managing positions so I kinda knew what my competences should be to work as an Engineer, but I lacked the organization and plan to study it. Your guide is very complete and will for sure help me switch career path. Thank you very much!
Thanks for the content. I am Internet for Service Desk and was so confused about how to enter the cloud space and I've gotten the wrong or unhelpful advice but this really did put me on the correct path. Thank you so much. Much appreciation all the way from South Africa
Really appreciate the resources! I've just graduated with my Bachelor's in CS, and I'm working in more of a Cloud/Mobile Security role out of university. I see myself working within the Cloud/DevOps space long-term, and this is a great set of resources.
This video is a treasure. You really have put a lot of work to help the community and the newcomers like me. Thank you so much. It gives me a more clear idea how to approach things and what things to learn as I am planning to transition my career from Game Developer to Cloud Engineer.
I love your video! I'm finishing my Computer Engineer degree and I'm already working in a big enterprise, but not totally happy with my job. Now I know what I want!
very clear straight forward. and advising free. don't send us paid version. That's why I like the security professional. there is a good helpful community. When you became a professional always help new starter like GPS. Thank you GPS. please keep us update
Thank you so much for sharing this information. Currently an elementary school teacher attempting to switch careers to become a cloud engineer. Are there any entry level jobs I should pursue to get my foot in the door for cloud engineering (help desk IT etc) or should I just pursue certifications/build my own projects?
I must seriously say, I thank you a lot. Young people like you are inspiring a bit older people like me. I am trying to follow your advice and will watch your videos.
Outstanding talk... This is exactly what I was looking for, especially with the guide and free service recommendations. I can't believe how much of this stuff I'm familiar with from learning full stack web development. I feel that I can do this!
Thank you so much ❤ You’ve got me hope and happiness that I can learn clouds finally. I’ve tried to study during several years with no success. That time I have motivation to set goals and complete them 🙏
love the video!! Can you possibly make a video explaining your work/life balance, are you stressed out? Is work constantly on your mind, are you on call, how many hrs you work a day..etc?
For whoever wants to learn about how Linux works and find solutions can refer to the Arch Linux Wiki regardless the distribution you are using. Also WSL is a great VM solution on Windows
Hi Gwyneth I have been following your videos and I am really inspired. I come from a health care background and after COVID it was very depressing for me. I reside in Jamaica Queens and needed a change. I started taking online courses in AWS in Queensborough community college, with an interest in pursuing Cloud solutions certification. Due to my lack of Cloud experience, Im looking to network and get a mentor in the field of Cloud solutions. Keep doing what you are doing and I look forward to your next video.
Hello GPS, thank you for creating this, I've been stuck in a rut and trying to become a cloud engineer / cloud architect / solutions architect. I have the AWS Solutions Architect - Associate certification. Everywhere I go they ask for experience. The cert alone will not land the job. I'll follow your listed steps. Thanks!!!
Loved this content and the roadmap you tabled is just easy to grasp and definitely follow. My take on this video is there will always be newer technologies and are built by understanding fundamentals-do focus on FUNDAMENTALS!!!
Cloud operators must come up with standardized vocabularies and terminologies for the cloud infrastrucure services. google calls storage service one thing amazon calls the same thing a different thing why is that, Why can't they agree on standardised terminologies ? google's cloud run, aws lambda are they the same thing but with two dirrent names?
I just found your video. Thank you so very much! This has given me a clear path to a new career. The resources you have listed are a huge help as well.
At the moment I am working as Windows Server Engineer more for Deployment Services and Active Directory (no PKI) but yeah I am learning cloud architect from SimpliLearn since Self paced learning is not helping me anymore. Your videos inspire me a lot and I hope I get a job as Cloud Solutions Architect soon.
I just want to thank you for the content that you release for us. It's really life changing information as I started my cloud journey a year ago and this info really put me on the right path as I was lost before. Thank you.
16:11 "It isn't necessarily about understanding the 🆕 latest and greatest tool. IT'S ABOUT UNDERSTANDING YOUR FUNDAMENTALS. And all those skills will translate into whatever you need to pick up."👍🏽 -GPS
This is amazing. Simple and straight to the point. Thank you so much for breaking it down so well so even noobs like us can understand. And wait a minute I am in awe of this girl. With all the hat and headphones like seriously how can somoene be to damnn cute and smart at the same time :)
Though I really want to know what it takes to get in the field, watching videos like these are so overwhelming because I literally don't know any of the jargon to understand what's being said 😅
Thank you for the video. Wish me luck, I plan on doing the Cloud Resume Challenge in AWS and Azure, I have a functional resume I will have in AWS, and one in Azure. I had a AWS certification, and received training and should be getting vouchers for Azure certs, so I am doing both.
@@erenyeager4452 Thanks. A think about IT is that all that needs to be done has been done, all one has to do is find the right recipes on line. It used to be RTFM. It is now Google It.
Hi GPS!! :) Thanks for sharing the video i am a Kubernete/Linux engineer and i studied all these technologies you mentioned. But the issue is MNC's are asking for Production experiences rather then trainings, not sure how to proceed i am rejected in most organization due to this issue. Suggest something.
A lot of the cloud and devOps skill sets are more like add on skill sets to some one that's worked in systems administration opposed to jumping straight into a cloud engineer role off the batt. Most cloud roles requires some background in server administration. Given that the System Administrator and System Engineer role is evolving, can be found under different names such as Cloud Admin, SysOps, DevOps Engineer, Azure Administrator and some times Cloud Engineer. A DevOps Engineer is really a glorified Operations/System Administrator given that DevOps is not a real role or job title. Some companies have went as far as changing job titles what was originally called System Administrator to DevOp Engineers just to use as a buzzword.
@@tinaa3459 Nope. Complete opposite. They are essentially System Administrators with coding skills that automates. They work in an agile way that's part of the software delivery process that helps deliver the code into production and along with administering and maintaining the cloud server infrastructure. Basically they are part of the Ops (Operations) team of Systems Administrators that collaborates with the Dev (Developer) team in an agile way opposed traditionally operating separately from one another hence the DevOps term of working on a team that uses an agile approach. Cloud Engineers are very much like your on-prem Systems Engineers that designs and builds the server infrastructure, the only difference is they design and build the cloud infrastructure. Some Cloud Engineers are also Developers that works on the developer side opposed to the operations side but most of them are usually are called developers. Cloud Administrators and DevOps Engineers are just an extension of a system admin role while Cloud Engineers are cloud based System Engineers. Admins maintain and look after the server infrastructure that does the upkeep and maintenance and keep the servers up and running while Engineers designs and builds them. Apply that to the cloud, pretty much the same thing. Same for Network Engineers and Network Administrators, Network Engineers designs and builds the networks, while Network Admins maintains and administer the network infrastructure.
@@tinaa3459 Most System Engineers often start off as System Administrators before moving into an Engineer role which why I mention you often need a systems administration background to work as a Cloud or on-Premise Systems Engineer. GPS was previously a Jr. System admin before she became a Cloud Engineer. She went from Help Desk -> Jr. Sysadmin to Cloud Engineer.
Hi Tina, the DevOps engineer skills allows him\her to wear many hats for the cloud and on prem. I’m taken a DevOps master class right now. It’s a lot to learn but I know what I’m also a systems engineer. I want a career change and cloud is definitely a change. You will learn a lot of technology. You can’t get around Linux so learn it now. Lol…Linux, should be a prerequisite.
@@Brutus34100 I wouldn't say its career change as technology in IT is always evolving. The System Administrator role is evolving with more added responsibilities.
The info you provided it was really awesome I was looking for a mentor and you just showed up and it was like a dream come true and thanks for letting me know how it’s Gionna help me to shape up my future .
