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From Gas Station to Google with Self-Taught Cloud Engineer Rishab Kumar [Podcast #158]

From Gas Station to Google with Self-Taught Cloud Engineer Rishab Kumar [Podcast #158]

Source: YouTube · freeCodeCamp.org · published Jan 31, 2025 · 1:25:02

Cloud Security
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Cloud engineering involves designing, building, and architecting on cloud platforms like AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure 3:27. Rishab Kumar shares his journey from working at a gas station to becoming a cloud engineer at Google through self-education and certifications 21:55.

Key Takeaways:
• Starting with IT fundamentals like networking, DNS, and Linux is crucial for cloud engineering 0:00
• Cloud engineering is growing with AI/ML workloads increasing demand for cloud compute resources 11:05
• Certifications like AWS Cloud Practitioner and Solutions Architect helped transition careers 33:50
• Building practical projects and gaining hands-on experience is as important as certifications 26:05

Cloud computing offers businesses cost-effective alternatives to maintaining physical infrastructure, with every company essentially becoming a cloud company 11:19.

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  • 0:00 Recommended IT fundamentals for learning cloud engineering
  • 3:27 Definition of cloud engineering
  • 11:05 Future of cloud engineering with AI/ML
  • 21:55 Rishab's career journey from gas station to Google
  • 26:05 Importance of hands-on projects
  • 33:50 Role of certifications in career advancement

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if I was going to start from zero where I have zero context um is I was going to learn some of the it fundamentals on how like networking works so like how internet works first of all DNS um how you know packets transfer uh how computers communicate to each other because at the end of the day all these servers within the cloud you know they use networking to talk to each other the second skill I would really spend my time is on how Linux Works welcome back to the free code Camp podcast your source for raw unedited interviews with developers this week's musical intro with yours truly on the drums bass guitar and keys we're going back to 1989 Nintendo Entertainment System classic DuckTales theme from the Moon [Music] welcome back to the the freec Cod Camp podcast I'm Quincy Larsson teacher a…