Hey Mike. Thank you so much for this video. I can see i am doing the right thing. I have a background in Mobile Network industry (9 years) and in order to transition my career to the cloud , I already passed CCNA and AWS CSA. really Great Advice. My journey still beginning. Thanks a lot.
Very new to this route I'm about to embrace. I will be counting on your great knowledge and experience to help me get there considering the fact that i have no previous background in this domain.
Che - we will help you get to your goals. Last week we had two people with zero expertise get great architect jobs. One was a senior cloud architect and another became an enterprise architect.
Excellent advice Mike, I have a background in voice and data networks therefore a network specialties in the major Cloud Providers have taken a particular interest for me. The medical analogy of specialist practitioners rings true. There is always a path for everyone and we all go to specialist and not the generalist once we know what we want to solve.
Thank you Mike for such amazing videos, I started to watch your videos to know about cloud architect world and roles and somehow your words give me motivational vibes too. You'd be the perfect and amazing mentor to have.
Hey mike need some serious advice for my own personal goals, I’m glad I watched this video bc other channels convinced me to basically just get every aws cert lol. I’m a pc technician and just started learning about networking and I love it. And after watching your video I think I wanna do the path of aws advanced networking . As a freshie still, would you recommend I take the network+ or just hammer the basics and really understand them and then move on to the solutions architect? And if you were 21 year old me what path skills would you learn to make this brand strong ? Just confining hearing so many things but I love your advice / channel the most
Also what you described is exactly what I would want to do with being a cloud architect , would that networking background be good for trying to land the architect roles?
Hi. The best place to start for networking is the CCNA. Here is my suggestion 1) We have a free webinar twice per week where we tell you how to get your first cloud architect job www.gocloudarchitects.com/free-cloud-webinar/ 2) Next week we will be teaching a FREE AWS Certified Solutions Architect Bootcamp www.gocloudarchitects.com/free-cloud-webinar/ 3)Next month we will most likely run a free CCNA bootcamp
@@cjmurray7892 the cloud is a virtualized network and datacenter. So anything that makes you know the network is good. I have many of my students do the CCNP cert if they want to do cloud networking
It was hard to choose one out of many valuable points. But I think this one speaks to me the most: 6:39 - 6:52; 7:44 - 7:49. Someone might hang it on their wall with Mike Gibbs and his company's name signed at the bottom🖼️. #cloudcareer
That's a great advice, what would you suggest for someone who js traditionally in SAP on prem Data warehouse and Analytics. What could be a idea multi cloud learning path for data analytics or data engineering?
Hi Vj, Can you tell more more about your goals. Do you want to get involved in cloud big data architects, is it more data science or more something of the engineering side of data integration, mapping and reducing , building not designing data lakes.etc
@@GoCloudArchitects less of data science and more of data engineering and data solutions. Till now I have only worked on on prem Data warehouse and reporting. I plan to do AWS architect associate certi, to get a hang of AWS, then I am not sure , what should I do, AWS data analytics or something on azure, gcp, snowflake, to understand multiple clouds and how they work to start with.
Unfortunately, the real world doesn't work this way. Being an expert is also very risky. You have to be rather an evolving expert. When you are hired you may work on what you like in the first couple of months then the new manager is hired who has new ideas and old tech is replaced by something else. You may work as infrastructure engineer and the management may decide to go into cloud - you are not expert anymore. You can be an expert on AWS but someone may decide to move to Salesforce or you as AWS expert must solve a problem between AWS and GCP and eventually more work focuses on GCP. Often managers decide to go with a company (offering service) they know and experts have no choice but to leave or to rebrand. Even if you are an expert now, you may not be the next month. When I finished AWS SAA course, AWS added maybe 50 new services. The only way to stay expert in your field is when you open your own consulting company, but even then, very often you have to integrate your service with other systems. I worked for 12 companies and I can tell you that people who couldn't adapt to the new tech left the company. HR managers prefer of course experts because they usually don't understand what they read in people's resumes. They can't fit the role to a position easily if someone has long and rich experience. On the other hand, the market doesn't offer many experts and often companies have to wait 1-2 years to find a candidate.
I was once being led down this exact road. Luckily I seen the light and detoured. FOCUS, FOCUS!! Great stuff Mike!
Same bro
That's perfect Jason!
Hey Mike. Thank you so much for this video. I can see i am doing the right thing. I have a background in Mobile Network industry (9 years) and in order to transition my career to the cloud , I already passed CCNA and AWS CSA. really Great Advice. My journey still beginning. Thanks a lot.
Hi Jean. Thanks for watching and networking and cloud go so well together
You're not only a professional cloud architect, but you're also a fantastic teacher. I can't thank you enough, Mike!
Thank you Wael - I want to do everything I can to help others build their best tech careers.
Love one of Mike’s catch statements, “go be an expert”. Great stuff.
Thank you Obina
Very new to this route I'm about to embrace. I will be counting on your great knowledge and experience to help me get there considering the fact that i have no previous background in this domain.
Che - we will help you get to your goals.
Last week we had two people with zero expertise get great architect jobs. One was a senior cloud architect and another became an enterprise architect.
I am focusing on Cloud Architecture expertise and soft skills. Thank you Mike. You are the master at this!
Thank you Derrick
Really great and insightful advice...I needed to hear this. Thank you sir!
Thank you Clement
wow thank you so much for the great advice, this was really inspiring !! :)
Hi Tarek - that's wonderful to hear. So happy to have you here.
Excellent advice Mike, I have a background in voice and data networks therefore a network specialties in the major Cloud Providers have taken a particular interest for me. The medical analogy of specialist practitioners rings true. There is always a path for everyone and we all go to specialist and not the generalist once we know what we want to solve.
Thank you Akwo. Voice and data networks - wow that was so much fun
Am a jack of all trades. Just decided to start aws architect path and focus only on that.
That’s okay. Focus all of you time on one things and soon you will be great at it. 😊
This is a very eye opening advice. I was about to set off on the 10x cert path. Thanks alot Mike. This is invaluable advice. Really appreciate.
HI Tech Ox - thats why we made this video. To help people get to their goals quicker
Thank you Mike for such amazing videos, I started to watch your videos to know about cloud architect world and roles and somehow your words give me motivational vibes too.
You'd be the perfect and amazing mentor to have.
Im so glad that you enjoyed the content, I truly hope that it helps you in your career journey!
Nice channel for both technical skills and life skills 💪💪
Thank you for your support.
FOCUS - right advice at the right time, thanks much
Thank you. I’m so happy to hear that
Mike thanks again. Definitely will fallow your cert advice.
Thank you Cloud Ninja 🥷
I love the analogies that you give!
Thank you so much Rohan
Just what i needed to hear at this point in my life...Thank You
So happy to hear this 😊
Thanks so much sir! Your advice is always spot on!
Thank you so much. Usman so happy to have you here
Great advices, Mike. Really help to provide a direction for others who are searching their path.
Thank you Kenny
Sir, you are best....u really clear the concept
Thank you!
Glad you liked it!
#cloudhired
Hey mike need some serious advice for my own personal goals, I’m glad I watched this video bc other channels convinced me to basically just get every aws cert lol. I’m a pc technician and just started learning about networking and I love it. And after watching your video I think I wanna do the path of aws advanced networking . As a freshie still, would you recommend I take the network+ or just hammer the basics and really understand them and then move on to the solutions architect? And if you were 21 year old me what path skills would you learn to make this brand strong ? Just confining hearing so many things but I love your advice / channel the most
Also what you described is exactly what I would want to do with being a cloud architect , would that networking background be good for trying to land the architect roles?
Hi. The best place to start for networking is the CCNA.
Here is my suggestion
1) We have a free webinar twice per week where we tell you how to get your first cloud architect job
www.gocloudarchitects.com/free-cloud-webinar/
2) Next week we will be teaching a FREE AWS Certified Solutions Architect Bootcamp
www.gocloudarchitects.com/free-cloud-webinar/
3)Next month we will most likely run a free CCNA bootcamp
@@GoCloudArchitects i appreciate the response! Definitely gonna check in more tomorrow and this weekend more on your page !
@@GoCloudArchitects also do you recommend taking the actual exam or just the topics ?
@@cjmurray7892 the cloud is a virtualized network and datacenter. So anything that makes you know the network is good. I have many of my students do the CCNP cert if they want to do cloud networking
It was hard to choose one out of many valuable points.
But I think this one speaks to me the most:
6:39 - 6:52; 7:44 - 7:49.
Someone might hang it on their wall with Mike Gibbs and his company's name signed at the bottom🖼️. #cloudcareer
Thanks for the great advice
SO happy to help.
The lesson here is become a domain expert rather than earning AWS x10 or Azure x10 certifications.
Ayo. Exactly. So happy to see your name here 😊
That's a great advice, what would you suggest for someone who js traditionally in SAP on prem Data warehouse and Analytics. What could be a idea multi cloud learning path for data analytics or data engineering?
Hi Vj,
Can you tell more more about your goals. Do you want to get involved in cloud big data architects, is it more data science or more something of the engineering side of data integration, mapping and reducing , building not designing data lakes.etc
@@GoCloudArchitects less of data science and more of data engineering and data solutions. Till now I have only worked on on prem Data warehouse and reporting. I plan to do AWS architect associate certi, to get a hang of AWS, then I am not sure , what should I do, AWS data analytics or something on azure, gcp, snowflake, to understand multiple clouds and how they work to start with.
Unfortunately, the real world doesn't work this way. Being an expert is also very risky. You have to be rather an evolving expert. When you are hired you may work on what you like in the first couple of months then the new manager is hired who has new ideas and old tech is replaced by something else. You may work as infrastructure engineer and the management may decide to go into cloud - you are not expert anymore. You can be an expert on AWS but someone may decide to move to Salesforce or you as AWS expert must solve a problem between AWS and GCP and eventually more work focuses on GCP. Often managers decide to go with a company (offering service) they know and experts have no choice but to leave or to rebrand.
Even if you are an expert now, you may not be the next month. When I finished AWS SAA course, AWS added maybe 50 new services. The only way to stay expert in your field is when you open your own consulting company, but even then, very often you have to integrate your service with other systems. I worked for 12 companies and I can tell you that people who couldn't adapt to the new tech left the company.
HR managers prefer of course experts because they usually don't understand what they read in people's resumes. They can't fit the role to a position easily if someone has long and rich experience. On the other hand, the market doesn't offer many experts and often companies have to wait 1-2 years to find a candidate.
I needed this
Then Ryan I’m so glad the video helped. I hope all is well with you.
Hope you can be at our bootcamp next week.
Super advice
Thank you, Dolapo!
Glad you liked it!
#cloudhired
Can I become a Solutions Architect that specialises on Data Science and Machine Learning
Absolutely. We work with people that are cloud big data architects all the time.