The Right Cloud Decision for Your DevOps Career

hello my name is Misha I'm a devops hello my name is Misha I'm a devops engineer from the Netherlands and on engineer from the Netherlands and on engineer from the Netherlands and on this channel I teach you everything you this channel I teach you everything you this channel I teach you everything you need to know about devops and help you need to know about devops and help you need to know about devops and help you to land your first position or to teach to land your first position or to teach to land your first position or to teach you more about devops if you are a you more about devops if you are a you more about devops if you are a software engineer in learning more about software engineer in learning more about software engineer in learning more about devops and in this video I would like to devops and in this video I would like to devops and in this video I would like to speak about Cloud providers Cloud speak about Cloud providers Cloud speak about Cloud providers Cloud providers are important in your career providers are important in your career providers are important in your career as a devops engineer and especially if as a devops engineer and especially if as a devops engineer and especially if you are junior or looking to change your you are junior or looking to change your you are junior or looking to change your career then focusing on on cloud is a career then focusing on on cloud is a career then focusing on on cloud is a very good bet because that is a quite a very good bet because that is a quite a very good bet because that is a quite a very specialized skill set to have and very specialized skill set to have and very specialized skill set to have and it can increase your your probability of it can increase your your probability of it can increase your your probability of Landing your first position as a devops Landing your first position as a devops Landing your first position as a devops or Junior devops engineer and or Junior devops engineer and or Junior devops engineer and technically you would then perhaps be a technically you would then perhaps be a technically you would then perhaps be a cloud infrastructure engineer and cloud infrastructure engineer and cloud infrastructure engineer and there's a lot of discussion around the there's a lot of discussion around the there's a lot of discussion around the terms which I'll be addressing in one of terms which I'll be addressing in one of terms which I'll be addressing in one of my future videos for now we are going to my future videos for now we are going to my future videos for now we are going to talk about Cloud providers I will talk I talk about Cloud providers I will talk I talk about Cloud providers I will talk I will speak to you about how I chose mine will speak to you about how I chose mine will speak to you about how I chose mine and show you the process how you can and show you the process how you can and show you the process how you can determine which one to determine which one to determine which one to choose so why is this important well um choose so why is this important well um choose so why is this important well um traditionally everything was running on traditionally everything was running on traditionally everything was running on Prem of Prem of Prem of course companies would have their own course companies would have their own course companies would have their own servers and they everything would run on servers and they everything would run on servers and they everything would run on there and then you had the system there and then you had the system there and then you had the system administrator who would run um who would administrator who would run um who would administrator who would run um who would run those server servers manage the run those server servers manage the run those server servers manage the hardware and deploy applications on hardware and deploy applications on hardware and deploy applications on there then everything started moving to

there then everything started moving to there then everything started moving to the cloud and these companies would the cloud and these companies would the cloud and these companies would start to make a lot of money and now you start to make a lot of money and now you start to make a lot of money and now you actually see some movements going back actually see some movements going back actually see some movements going back to on Prem again which is interesting to on Prem again which is interesting to on Prem again which is interesting but the majority still is uh either but the majority still is uh either but the majority still is uh either moving towards the cloud or running into moving towards the cloud or running into moving towards the cloud or running into the cloud and the benefit of that is the cloud and the benefit of that is the cloud and the benefit of that is that you don't have the overhead of that you don't have the overhead of that you don't have the overhead of managing the managing the managing the hardware it is much easier to hardware it is much easier to hardware it is much easier to scale so if you have a small application scale so if you have a small application scale so if you have a small application and you want and you want and you want to U and and then your user base to U and and then your user base to U and and then your user base increases you don't have to buy a ton of increases you don't have to buy a ton of increases you don't have to buy a ton of new hardware you just purchase more new hardware you just purchase more new hardware you just purchase more virtual machines in the cloud or you virtual machines in the cloud or you virtual machines in the cloud or you just uh increase the the node count on just uh increase the the node count on just uh increase the the node count on your kubernetes cluster and another your kubernetes cluster and another your kubernetes cluster and another thing that is very interesting or very thing that is very interesting or very thing that is very interesting or very useful about cloud is that it provides a useful about cloud is that it provides a useful about cloud is that it provides a layer of layer of layer of abstraction so if you use something like abstraction so if you use something like abstraction so if you use something like Azure kubernetes service it's much Azure kubernetes service it's much Azure kubernetes service it's much easier to to to spin up a kubernetes easier to to to spin up a kubernetes easier to to to spin up a kubernetes cluster using one of these managed cluster using one of these managed cluster using one of these managed Services instead of deploying it Services instead of deploying it Services instead of deploying it yourself and then the the AKs team yourself and then the the AKs team yourself and then the the AKs team will take care of the security updates will take care of the security updates will take care of the security updates Etc so they will keep track of the Etc so they will keep track of the Etc so they will keep track of the Upstream kubernetes project they will Upstream kubernetes project they will Upstream kubernetes project they will Implement their own security patches and Implement their own security patches and Implement their own security patches and then you just update that and then you then you just update that and then you then you just update that and then you don't have to worry about that stuff

don't have to worry about that stuff don't have to worry about that stuff yourself and that's just one one example yourself and that's just one one example yourself and that's just one one example another one is for example networking is another one is for example networking is another one is for example networking is becomes a lot more uh becomes a lot becomes a lot more uh becomes a lot becomes a lot more uh becomes a lot easier and simplified in the cloud easier and simplified in the cloud easier and simplified in the cloud because you can just use the manage because you can just use the manage because you can just use the manage services that they services that they services that they provide so that provide so that provide so that also allows a field of also allows a field of also allows a field of specialization so if you are specialization so if you are specialization so if you are a um if you are a new a junior engineer a um if you are a new a junior engineer a um if you are a new a junior engineer or if you're looking to change your or if you're looking to change your or if you're looking to change your career then honing in on the cloud career then honing in on the cloud career then honing in on the cloud aspect is a bit of a hack because okay aspect is a bit of a hack because okay aspect is a bit of a hack because okay so it has been around for 5 years so it has been around for 5 years so it has been around for 5 years now much longer than that but I would now much longer than that but I would now much longer than that but I would say the last seven years is when when say the last seven years is when when say the last seven years is when when things really got going and moving things really got going and moving things really got going and moving towards the cloud so there there are a towards the cloud so there there are a towards the cloud so there there are a lot of people with these skill sets but lot of people with these skill sets but lot of people with these skill sets but there is still quite a lack of people there is still quite a lack of people there is still quite a lack of people with the skill set of actually with the skill set of actually with the skill set of actually provisioning Cloud infrastructure and provisioning Cloud infrastructure and provisioning Cloud infrastructure and knowing that well very often it's just a knowing that well very often it's just a knowing that well very often it's just a software engineer who is doing it on the software engineer who is doing it on the software engineer who is doing it on the side or there is an an an old school CIS side or there is an an an old school CIS side or there is an an an old school CIS admin Who U is not really interested in admin Who U is not really interested in admin Who U is not really interested in learning it or is maybe even resistant learning it or is maybe even resistant learning it or is maybe even resistant to it so there is a opportunity there to to it so there is a opportunity there to to it so there is a opportunity there to specialize and to find a job as a cloud specialize and to find a job as a cloud specialize and to find a job as a cloud infrastructure engineer in the infrastructure engineer in the infrastructure engineer in the Netherlands we often call a devops Netherlands we often call a devops Netherlands we often call a devops engineer in America the term is a bit engineer in America the term is a bit engineer in America the term is a bit more strict but I would say cloud more strict but I would say cloud more strict but I would say cloud engineer is a uh is a good route to go

engineer is a uh is a good route to go engineer is a uh is a good route to go as well and an opportunity to land your as well and an opportunity to land your as well and an opportunity to land your first position if you are first position if you are first position if you are junior so to become a cloud engineer junior so to become a cloud engineer junior so to become a cloud engineer slops slops slops engineer I always advise in specializing engineer I always advise in specializing engineer I always advise in specializing in one Cloud choose in one Cloud choose in one Cloud choose one why do I say one why do I say one why do I say that well when I started out uh 4 years that well when I started out uh 4 years that well when I started out uh 4 years ago I changed my career to devops in ago I changed my career to devops in ago I changed my career to devops in about 6 months and during that time I about 6 months and during that time I about 6 months and during that time I had this notion that if I know several had this notion that if I know several had this notion that if I know several Cloud providers then I have a much Cloud providers then I have a much Cloud providers then I have a much broader skill set and therefore I in broader skill set and therefore I in broader skill set and therefore I in increase my chances of getting a job but increase my chances of getting a job but increase my chances of getting a job but when you do this then you are uh when you do this then you are uh when you do this then you are uh spreading yourself too thin so if you spreading yourself too thin so if you spreading yourself too thin so if you have have have a piece of bread like this and then you a piece of bread like this and then you a piece of bread like this and then you take a knife and then you you put butter take a knife and then you you put butter take a knife and then you you put butter on there then you're becoming too little on there then you're becoming too little on there then you're becoming too little butter spread over too much bread if you butter spread over too much bread if you butter spread over too much bread if you do multiple Cloud do multiple Cloud do multiple Cloud providers instead it's better to just providers instead it's better to just providers instead it's better to just have a big chunk of butter and just have have a big chunk of butter and just have have a big chunk of butter and just have a nice thick layer of butter on your a nice thick layer of butter on your a nice thick layer of butter on your sandwich um because you know one cloud sandwich um because you know one cloud sandwich um because you know one cloud provider well that's the metaphor that I provider well that's the metaphor that I provider well that's the metaphor that I would use so I would say choose one would use so I would say choose one would use so I would say choose one provider and then go deep on that provider and then go deep on that provider and then go deep on that one learn everything there is to one learn everything there is to one learn everything there is to learn and get certifications get

learn and get certifications get learn and get certifications get certified and the thing certified and the thing certified and the thing is these Cloud providers are all doing is these Cloud providers are all doing is these Cloud providers are all doing the same thing so if you know one well the same thing so if you know one well the same thing so if you know one well then eventually after a few years you then eventually after a few years you then eventually after a few years you will find that these skills transfer will find that these skills transfer will find that these skills transfer very easily to the next one if you very easily to the next one if you very easily to the next one if you choose to work with another one another choose to work with another one another choose to work with another one another cloud provider it becomes much easier to cloud provider it becomes much easier to cloud provider it becomes much easier to to learn to pick up the new skills it's to learn to pick up the new skills it's to learn to pick up the new skills it's basically just a change of basically just a change of basically just a change of vocabulary it's just the same concepts vocabulary it's just the same concepts vocabulary it's just the same concepts with different names however it's much with different names however it's much with different names however it's much easier like uh mentally to just stick to easier like uh mentally to just stick to easier like uh mentally to just stick to one to to pick one cloud provider like one to to pick one cloud provider like one to to pick one cloud provider like AWS or AWS or AWS or Azure and to stick to that one learn the Azure and to stick to that one learn the Azure and to stick to that one learn the vocabulary well learn the ecosystem vocabulary well learn the ecosystem vocabulary well learn the ecosystem learn how the the UI Works how the CLI learn how the the UI Works how the CLI learn how the the UI Works how the CLI Works how they build up their API and Works how they build up their API and Works how they build up their API and that will that will that will truly it for me it helped a lot to just truly it for me it helped a lot to just truly it for me it helped a lot to just have that Focus because I was trying to have that Focus because I was trying to have that Focus because I was trying to keep up with the news on AWS and Azure keep up with the news on AWS and Azure keep up with the news on AWS and Azure at the same time that's a lot to keep up at the same time that's a lot to keep up at the same time that's a lot to keep up with uh it's a lot to keep wrap your with uh it's a lot to keep wrap your with uh it's a lot to keep wrap your mind around and um I think if a mind around and um I think if a mind around and um I think if a candidate comes to me and he has like candidate comes to me and he has like candidate comes to me and he has like several certifications in several Cloud several certifications in several Cloud several certifications in several Cloud providers then to me that's an providers then to me that's an providers then to me that's an indication that he is not very focused indication that he is not very focused indication that he is not very focused that he is just spread too thin and uh I that he is just spread too thin and uh I that he is just spread too thin and uh I would challenge him on that so uh I

would challenge him on that so uh I would challenge him on that so uh I would say especially in the beginning would say especially in the beginning would say especially in the beginning choose one and stick to that one now how choose one and stick to that one now how choose one and stick to that one now how do you know which one to choose well in do you know which one to choose well in do you know which one to choose well in my my my case uh it was a bit different so I I I case uh it was a bit different so I I I case uh it was a bit different so I I I I changed my career and then I landed my I changed my career and then I landed my I changed my career and then I landed my first position as a trainee ship so I first position as a trainee ship so I first position as a trainee ship so I was being paid like half a normal salary was being paid like half a normal salary was being paid like half a normal salary and I was being trained on the job and and I was being trained on the job and and I was being trained on the job and uh initially it was more like a Linux uh initially it was more like a Linux uh initially it was more like a Linux system administrator position that I had system administrator position that I had system administrator position that I had and then this place where I was working and then this place where I was working and then this place where I was working the the the the municipality of the the the the municipality of the the the the municipality of Amsterdam was going to move to Azure so Amsterdam was going to move to Azure so Amsterdam was going to move to Azure so they were going to move to Azure so for they were going to move to Azure so for they were going to move to Azure so for me that choice was basically made for me me that choice was basically made for me me that choice was basically made for me I was in that uh environment they were I was in that uh environment they were I was in that uh environment they were moving to Azure so that's how I rolled moving to Azure so that's how I rolled moving to Azure so that's how I rolled into Azure so that is the first one into Azure so that is the first one into Azure so that is the first one Microsoft Microsoft Microsoft Azure next we have uh AWS and finally there is gcp the Google AWS and finally there is gcp the Google Cloud these are the the main players in Cloud these are the the main players in Cloud these are the the main players in in the cloud uh industry in the cloud uh industry in the cloud uh industry there's also Alibaba cloud and there's also Alibaba cloud and there's also Alibaba cloud and Oracle but as far in my experience so Oracle but as far in my experience so Oracle but as far in my experience so far I have not seen me I have not seen far I have not seen me I have not seen far I have not seen me I have not seen any job openings in in those providers

any job openings in in those providers any job openings in in those providers right so it's it's these are the main right so it's it's these are the main right so it's it's these are the main players to focus on and to make a choice players to focus on and to make a choice players to focus on and to make a choice from from from now I can only speak to the Dutch Market now I can only speak to the Dutch Market now I can only speak to the Dutch Market but in the next section I'm going to but in the next section I'm going to but in the next section I'm going to show you how to perform this research show you how to perform this research show you how to perform this research yourself but in short in the Dutch yourself but in short in the Dutch yourself but in short in the Dutch Market gcp Market gcp Market gcp is very very low um has is not how do is very very low um has is not how do is very very low um has is not how do you say it's not popular uh very few you say it's not popular uh very few you say it's not popular uh very few jobs on gcp it has a very low market jobs on gcp it has a very low market jobs on gcp it has a very low market share so in the Dutch Market gcp would share so in the Dutch Market gcp would share so in the Dutch Market gcp would not be the one to focus on however I not be the one to focus on however I not be the one to focus on however I from what I've seen gcp is a well-built from what I've seen gcp is a well-built from what I've seen gcp is a well-built system and their documentation is system and their documentation is system and their documentation is fantastic so I would like to work with fantastic so I would like to work with fantastic so I would like to work with gcp but I choose um I choose where the gcp but I choose um I choose where the gcp but I choose um I choose where the money is money is money is basically next you have AWS Amazon web basically next you have AWS Amazon web basically next you have AWS Amazon web services well it speaks to itself it's services well it speaks to itself it's services well it speaks to itself it's the Amazon the Amazon the Amazon Cloud very popular very big market share Cloud very popular very big market share Cloud very popular very big market share and then there is Microsoft and then there is Microsoft and then there is Microsoft Azure Azure Azure so in the Dutch Market so in the Dutch Market so in the Dutch Market Market there there's an interesting Market there there's an interesting Market there there's an interesting situation situation situation because AWS used to have a big a pretty because AWS used to have a big a pretty because AWS used to have a big a pretty big um share in the beginning but that big um share in the beginning but that big um share in the beginning but that seems to be moving and I'll explain to seems to be moving and I'll explain to seems to be moving and I'll explain to you why so Azure micros Azure is by

you why so Azure micros Azure is by you why so Azure micros Azure is by Microsoft and in the Dutch Microsoft and in the Dutch Microsoft and in the Dutch Market in in the Dutch business Market in in the Dutch business Market in in the Dutch business Market Microsoft is highly presented so Market Microsoft is highly presented so Market Microsoft is highly presented so most companies in the Netherlands they most companies in the Netherlands they most companies in the Netherlands they have Microsoft Office or 365 I should have Microsoft Office or 365 I should have Microsoft Office or 365 I should say they have contracts with Microsoft say they have contracts with Microsoft say they have contracts with Microsoft to license all of the business software to license all of the business software to license all of the business software so the Microsoft ecosystem is very much so the Microsoft ecosystem is very much so the Microsoft ecosystem is very much ingrained in Dutch business in Dutch ingrained in Dutch business in Dutch ingrained in Dutch business in Dutch companies it's very prevalent companies it's very prevalent companies it's very prevalent here so here so here so when a few years ago when then M when a few years ago when then M when a few years ago when then M Microsoft and Azure starts really Microsoft and Azure starts really Microsoft and Azure starts really started rolling they reach out to these started rolling they reach out to these started rolling they reach out to these businesses and they would say okay are businesses and they would say okay are businesses and they would say okay are you interested in moving to the cloud you interested in moving to the cloud you interested in moving to the cloud and the business would say yeah sure and the business would say yeah sure and the business would say yeah sure then Microsoft says all right if you then Microsoft says all right if you then Microsoft says all right if you choose us instead of AWS we're going to choose us instead of AWS we're going to choose us instead of AWS we're going to give you €100,000 of credit I'm just give you €100,000 of credit I'm just give you €100,000 of credit I'm just saying a number here but that's how it saying a number here but that's how it saying a number here but that's how it would work they would get a ton of would work they would get a ton of would work they would get a ton of credit free credit free credit free credit and when you use that free credit credit and when you use that free credit credit and when you use that free credit to build up your initial Landing Zone to build up your initial Landing Zone to build up your initial Landing Zone you build up your your your initial you build up your your your initial you build up your your your initial system then when you are you when you system then when you are you when you system then when you are you when you have something going there then you are have something going there then you are have something going there then you are much more likely to much more likely to much more likely to stick so that's the tactic that stick so that's the tactic that stick so that's the tactic that Microsoft uses that they already have Microsoft uses that they already have Microsoft uses that they already have their their businesses in in their

their their businesses in in their their their businesses in in their office licenses and and active directory office licenses and and active directory office licenses and and active directory and things like that they give them and things like that they give them and things like that they give them credit for Azure and then they basically credit for Azure and then they basically credit for Azure and then they basically lock them in so I'm not going to speak lock them in so I'm not going to speak lock them in so I'm not going to speak to the like the validity of this to the like the validity of this to the like the validity of this strategy or anything like that I mean strategy or anything like that I mean strategy or anything like that I mean that's for you to decide I think it's a that's for you to decide I think it's a that's for you to decide I think it's a very clever very clever very clever strategy but that's why here in the strategy but that's why here in the strategy but that's why here in the Netherlands Azure is very prevalent Netherlands Azure is very prevalent Netherlands Azure is very prevalent because it's a heavy Microsoft focused because it's a heavy Microsoft focused because it's a heavy Microsoft focused Market secondly there is this thing Market secondly there is this thing Market secondly there is this thing called called called um data regulations and what Microsoft did so if you have and what Microsoft did so if you have the Netherlands that like this it's the Netherlands that like this it's the Netherlands that like this it's roughly roughly roughly shaped like this if you see it on the shaped like this if you see it on the shaped like this if you see it on the map this is the map this is the map this is the Netherlands like that have see here the Netherlands like that have see here the Netherlands like that have see here the Netherlands Netherlands Netherlands has a few I at least one but I think has a few I at least one but I think has a few I at least one but I think there are several now data centers by there are several now data centers by there are several now data centers by Microsoft so Microsoft has several data Microsoft so Microsoft has several data Microsoft so Microsoft has several data centers in the Netherlands centers in the Netherlands centers in the Netherlands so so so governments and and some businesses have governments and and some businesses have governments and and some businesses have requirements that their data should not requirements that their data should not requirements that their data should not leave the country their data needs to leave the country their data needs to leave the country their data needs to stay in the Netherlands in the country stay in the Netherlands in the country stay in the Netherlands in the country or maybe in Europe but if you have a

or maybe in Europe but if you have a or maybe in Europe but if you have a data center in the Netherlands then data center in the Netherlands then data center in the Netherlands then basically you are default option for basically you are default option for basically you are default option for many many many of these companies and many many many of these companies and many many many of these companies and and uh government organizations so and uh government organizations so and uh government organizations so especially government is very keen on especially government is very keen on especially government is very keen on Azure because of this so they have the Azure because of this so they have the Azure because of this so they have the local local data centers they have the local local data centers they have the local local data centers they have the contracts with the contracts with the contracts with the business and they have and like I said I basically rolled into and like I said I basically rolled into Azure but when I researched this for Azure but when I researched this for Azure but when I researched this for myself then myself then myself then these reasons made it a very solid these reasons made it a very solid these reasons made it a very solid choice for me so by specializing on choice for me so by specializing on choice for me so by specializing on Azure I know that I'm going to have a Azure I know that I'm going to have a Azure I know that I'm going to have a job for the very foreseeable future job for the very foreseeable future job for the very foreseeable future right because governments are just not right because governments are just not right because governments are just not now starting to move towards Azure for now starting to move towards Azure for now starting to move towards Azure for for or or they are in the process of for or or they are in the process of for or or they are in the process of that so it's it's moving there but then that so it's it's moving there but then that so it's it's moving there but then it's also maintaining that and and it's also maintaining that and and it's also maintaining that and and revising that so there's going to be a revising that so there's going to be a revising that so there's going to be a ton of work left there in the ton of work left there in the ton of work left there in the foreseeable future and they are all on foreseeable future and they are all on foreseeable future and they are all on Azure so for me Azure was a solid Azure so for me Azure was a solid Azure so for me Azure was a solid Choice there doesn't it's not to say

Choice there doesn't it's not to say Choice there doesn't it's not to say that AWS doesn't have that AWS doesn't have that AWS doesn't have any uh any uh any uh validity here in the Netherlands validity here in the Netherlands validity here in the Netherlands but um when I made this research for but um when I made this research for but um when I made this research for myself I spoke to an architect friend of myself I spoke to an architect friend of myself I spoke to an architect friend of mine and he said so to mine and he said so to mine and he said so to me developers want a me developers want a me developers want a WS managers want WS managers want WS managers want Azure and that was a phrase that really Azure and that was a phrase that really Azure and that was a phrase that really stuck to me because AWS has this more stuck to me because AWS has this more stuck to me because AWS has this more like open source kind of uh Silicon like open source kind of uh Silicon like open source kind of uh Silicon Valley sort of uh association with them Valley sort of uh association with them Valley sort of uh association with them even though Microsoft is doing great even though Microsoft is doing great even though Microsoft is doing great things with uh open source things with uh open source things with uh open source recently recently recently but the the the cool guys want to do AWS but the the the cool guys want to do AWS but the the the cool guys want to do AWS not Azure right that's basically the not Azure right that's basically the not Azure right that's basically the sentiment that I get in the market but sentiment that I get in the market but sentiment that I get in the market but if you think about it uh I think it's if you think about it uh I think it's if you think about it uh I think it's the safer bat to uh to side with the the safer bat to uh to side with the the safer bat to uh to side with the people who are actually in charge of people who are actually in charge of people who are actually in charge of these decisions and who are in charge of these decisions and who are in charge of these decisions and who are in charge of the money so for the Dutch Market this the money so for the Dutch Market this the money so for the Dutch Market this was the The Logical was the The Logical was the The Logical choice that is not to say that this is choice that is not to say that this is choice that is not to say that this is the choice for you and I also want to the choice for you and I also want to the choice for you and I also want to say I'm not saying this because I'm a say I'm not saying this because I'm a say I'm not saying this because I'm a Microsoft MVP I became an MVP because I Microsoft MVP I became an MVP because I Microsoft MVP I became an MVP because I was working in Azure and making content was working in Azure and making content was working in Azure and making content about that but I have no affiliation about that but I have no affiliation about that but I have no affiliation with Microsoft I'm not selling Azure I'm

with Microsoft I'm not selling Azure I'm with Microsoft I'm not selling Azure I'm just I'm just saying this is the process just I'm just saying this is the process just I'm just saying this is the process that I did for making my own that I did for making my own that I did for making my own choice so you'll have to figure choice so you'll have to figure choice so you'll have to figure out out out basically which provider will give you basically which provider will give you basically which provider will give you the highest chances of finding a job and the highest chances of finding a job and the highest chances of finding a job and now I will show you how I would approach now I will show you how I would approach now I will show you how I would approach that question so what I do is like I that question so what I do is like I that question so what I do is like I have a I have a pretty good LinkedIn have a I have a pretty good LinkedIn have a I have a pretty good LinkedIn presence I have about a few th000 presence I have about a few th000 presence I have about a few th000 followers and I'm pretty active there so followers and I'm pretty active there so followers and I'm pretty active there so I use LinkedIn a lot and as you see I I use LinkedIn a lot and as you see I I use LinkedIn a lot and as you see I get messages every day I get tons of get messages every day I get tons of get messages every day I get tons of connection requests a lot of recruiters connection requests a lot of recruiters connection requests a lot of recruiters and uh if you if you build your presence and uh if you if you build your presence and uh if you if you build your presence this is a very good um this is an this is a very good um this is an this is a very good um this is an excellent resource to to utilize because excellent resource to to utilize because excellent resource to to utilize because I never have to search for a job anymore I never have to search for a job anymore I never have to search for a job anymore people come to me and I I created a full people come to me and I I created a full people come to me and I I created a full course on how to build your online course on how to build your online course on how to build your online presence and this course is actually presence and this course is actually presence and this course is actually available in my School available in my School available in my School community and my school Community is all community and my school Community is all community and my school Community is all about um helping people to find jobs as about um helping people to find jobs as about um helping people to find jobs as a devops engineer so whether you are a a devops engineer so whether you are a a devops engineer so whether you are a junior who is trying to get into the junior who is trying to get into the junior who is trying to get into the devops into a devops role or maybe you devops into a devops role or maybe you devops into a devops role or maybe you are a senior software developer or you are a senior software developer or you are a senior software developer or you are a CIS admin and you want to learn are a CIS admin and you want to learn are a CIS admin and you want to learn more about devops this is the place to more about devops this is the place to more about devops this is the place to be we have a very thriving Community

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to to jobs and then here I see 5,000 results jobs and then here I see 5,000 results jobs and then here I see 5,000 results of azure in the Netherlands well I'm of azure in the Netherlands well I'm of azure in the Netherlands well I'm going to scope that down a little bit going to scope that down a little bit going to scope that down a little bit because I'm not interested in working in because I'm not interested in working in because I'm not interested in working in the entirey of the Netherlands so I'm the entirey of the Netherlands so I'm the entirey of the Netherlands so I'm going to scope it down to going to scope it down to going to scope it down to Amsterdam the ha amers for Amsterdam the ha amers for Amsterdam the ha amers for hovor hovor hovor utre andle these are the these are the utre andle these are the these are the utre andle these are the these are the the areas that I'm interested in working the areas that I'm interested in working the areas that I'm interested in working with or commuting to and you can filter with or commuting to and you can filter with or commuting to and you can filter it down even more but this is how I it down even more but this is how I it down even more but this is how I would do it so this is the area I'm would do it so this is the area I'm would do it so this is the area I'm interested in working in and I'm interested in working in and I'm interested in working in and I'm searching for searching for searching for Azure so now I have Azure so now I have Azure so now I have 1651 1651 1651 results and these are uh Cloud Ops lead results and these are uh Cloud Ops lead results and these are uh Cloud Ops lead Cloud developer Azure platform engineer Cloud developer Azure platform engineer Cloud developer Azure platform engineer Azure Azure Azure engineer uh Cloud infrastructure engineer uh Cloud infrastructure engineer uh Cloud infrastructure specialist at Microsoft that's specialist at Microsoft that's specialist at Microsoft that's interesting um devs engineer Cloud interesting um devs engineer Cloud interesting um devs engineer Cloud systems Azure consultant so it's not systems Azure consultant so it's not systems Azure consultant so it's not like Po product owner roles that require like Po product owner roles that require like Po product owner roles that require Azure this is all like or most of what I Azure this is all like or most of what I Azure this is all like or most of what I see here are actually Cloud engineering see here are actually Cloud engineering see here are actually Cloud engineering roles or devops engineering roles right roles or devops engineering roles right roles or devops engineering roles right it's not it's not these peripheral roles it's not it's not these peripheral roles it's not it's not these peripheral roles it's all just Cloud Specialists Cloud it's all just Cloud Specialists Cloud it's all just Cloud Specialists Cloud engineer now if I change this to for

engineer now if I change this to for engineer now if I change this to for example GC example GC example GC P let's see how much we find P let's see how much we find P let's see how much we find then okay so here I find 408 results for then okay so here I find 408 results for then okay so here I find 408 results for gcp cloud engineer but here I see a few gcp cloud engineer but here I see a few gcp cloud engineer but here I see a few more more Nuance roles like data more more Nuance roles like data more more Nuance roles like data engineer clinical trial associate engineer clinical trial associate engineer clinical trial associate software engineer so there seems to be software engineer so there seems to be software engineer so there seems to be yes there are roles but there are also a yes there are roles but there are also a yes there are roles but there are also a bit more nuan roles not clear devops or bit more nuan roles not clear devops or bit more nuan roles not clear devops or cloud engineering roles now if I would cloud engineering roles now if I would cloud engineering roles now if I would search for AWS I get 77 AWS I get 77 results and yes these are all Cloud results and yes these are all Cloud results and yes these are all Cloud engineers and there are plenty of jobs engineers and there are plenty of jobs engineers and there are plenty of jobs to to apply for but this to me is a to to apply for but this to me is a to to apply for but this to me is a rather clear indication that if you are rather clear indication that if you are rather clear indication that if you are interested in landing a interested in landing a interested in landing a job you have a much higher chance to job you have a much higher chance to job you have a much higher chance to land that job if if you go for land that job if if you go for land that job if if you go for Azure and again this is very dependent Azure and again this is very dependent Azure and again this is very dependent on where you are in the world but here I on where you are in the world but here I on where you are in the world but here I have have have 1651 results and with AWS I have 77 1651 results and with AWS I have 77 1651 results and with AWS I have 77 results that is a lot less that's results that is a lot less that's results that is a lot less that's like so it's very clear to me that Azure like so it's very clear to me that Azure like so it's very clear to me that Azure is the right choice in this current is the right choice in this current is the right choice in this current market so this is how I do the research

market so this is how I do the research market so this is how I do the research I go LinkedIn and I I search for the I go LinkedIn and I I search for the I go LinkedIn and I I search for the jobs there but there are also different jobs there but there are also different jobs there but there are also different places you can do you can also do indeed places you can do you can also do indeed places you can do you can also do indeed or or glass door like there are so many or or glass door like there are so many or or glass door like there are so many more places but the process is the same more places but the process is the same more places but the process is the same filter on location and then uh search filter on location and then uh search filter on location and then uh search for the cloud providers and see what you for the cloud providers and see what you for the cloud providers and see what you can find like this is not a a an can find like this is not a a an can find like this is not a a an exhaustive method but it's a good method exhaustive method but it's a good method exhaustive method but it's a good method to get an indication of uh what the to get an indication of uh what the to get an indication of uh what the market is like next I would also attend a few meetups next I would also attend a few meetups so try Go to meetup.com and um check out so try Go to meetup.com and um check out so try Go to meetup.com and um check out the providers maybe there's an Azure the providers maybe there's an Azure the providers maybe there's an Azure Meetup there's an AWS Meetup and just Meetup there's an AWS Meetup and just Meetup there's an AWS Meetup and just see how the popularity is and how many see how the popularity is and how many see how the popularity is and how many people show up there and finally what's people show up there and finally what's people show up there and finally what's most important is what is the one that most important is what is the one that most important is what is the one that you like to work with so I really enjoy you like to work with so I really enjoy you like to work with so I really enjoy working with Microsoft Azure as soon as working with Microsoft Azure as soon as working with Microsoft Azure as soon as you are are used to the ecosystem and you are are used to the ecosystem and you are are used to the ecosystem and you are used to working with it I mean you are used to working with it I mean you are used to working with it I mean do am I do am I do am I [Music] [Music] [Music] even am I even logged in here I'm not even am I even logged in here I'm not even am I even logged in here I'm not sure I might not be oh yes I am so when sure I might not be oh yes I am so when sure I might not be oh yes I am so when you when you get used to the UI of azure you when you get used to the UI of azure you when you get used to the UI of azure and when you get used to navigating and when you get used to navigating and when you get used to navigating around it's actually a really good um I around it's actually a really good um I around it's actually a really good um I think it's a very well built system it's think it's a very well built system it's think it's a very well built system it's um it's rather intuitive and uh it's um it's rather intuitive and uh it's um it's rather intuitive and uh it's better than a Us in terms of

better than a Us in terms of better than a Us in terms of UI and of course you don't you use the UI and of course you don't you use the UI and of course you don't you use the UI but the real work happens with uh UI but the real work happens with uh UI but the real work happens with uh with the Azure CI bicep infrastructure with the Azure CI bicep infrastructure with the Azure CI bicep infrastructure as code as code as code Etc and that also works really well in Etc and that also works really well in Etc and that also works really well in my opinion I think the Azure API is very my opinion I think the Azure API is very my opinion I think the Azure API is very well built and it is um very intuitive well built and it is um very intuitive well built and it is um very intuitive easy to learn and the best thing about easy to learn and the best thing about easy to learn and the best thing about Azure is that they have Microsoft learn Azure is that they have Microsoft learn Azure is that they have Microsoft learn so if you go if you Google the so if you go if you Google the so if you go if you Google the a104 for example they have excellent a104 for example they have excellent a104 for example they have excellent um learning paths they have the um learning paths they have the um learning paths they have the certifications prepare for the exam all certifications prepare for the exam all certifications prepare for the exam all of the learning paths are available for of the learning paths are available for of the learning paths are available for free and the exams are very are pretty free and the exams are very are pretty free and the exams are very are pretty good and it's provides a really nice good and it's provides a really nice good and it's provides a really nice path to certify into a cloud provider so path to certify into a cloud provider so path to certify into a cloud provider so I really like I really like I really like Azure AWS has exactly the same stuff Azure AWS has exactly the same stuff Azure AWS has exactly the same stuff like this but this is what I know so like this but this is what I know so like this but this is what I know so that's what I'm I'm showing you here and that's what I'm I'm showing you here and that's what I'm I'm showing you here and in the next video I'm going to be go in the next video I'm going to be go in the next video I'm going to be go diving a bit more in how to learn a clow diving a bit more in how to learn a clow diving a bit more in how to learn a clow cloud provider this is one is more about cloud provider this is one is more about cloud provider this is one is more about how to choose but I would suggest that how to choose but I would suggest that how to choose but I would suggest that you also take this into account like you also take this into account like you also take this into account like what is the learning materials that are what is the learning materials that are what is the learning materials that are what are the learning materials that are what are the learning materials that are what are the learning materials that are available to you and do you like it do available to you and do you like it do available to you and do you like it do you like what you see like I like these you like what you see like I like these you like what you see like I like these little icons and the the how they have

little icons and the the how they have little icons and the the how they have shaped things I really like structure in shaped things I really like structure in shaped things I really like structure in things I like to have a clear path and I things I like to have a clear path and I things I like to have a clear path and I like checking things off it's just how like checking things off it's just how like checking things off it's just how how I am and maybe you don't like it and how I am and maybe you don't like it and how I am and maybe you don't like it and you like the AWS path better I mean base you like the AWS path better I mean base you like the AWS path better I mean base your choice on that so in so in summary choose one provider summary choose one provider summary choose one provider so let's summarize this uh so let's summarize this uh so let's summarize this uh here okay so here okay so here okay so summarize choose one summarize choose one summarize choose one provider and learn that well and well and specialize and go deep in order to choose the one provider do in order to choose the one provider do the market the market the market research on LinkedIn LinkedIn LinkedIn LinkedIn indeed and meetups and meetups and also maybe instead of uh thinking of also maybe instead of uh thinking of also maybe instead of uh thinking of jobs think about companies like make a jobs think about companies like make a jobs think about companies like make a list of companies that you would like to list of companies that you would like to list of companies that you would like to work work work for take take a look at the sectors the

for take take a look at the sectors the for take take a look at the sectors the like are you interested in working with like are you interested in working with like are you interested in working with the energy sector like renewable energy the energy sector like renewable energy the energy sector like renewable energy or transport things like that or transport things like that or transport things like that well take that into account and then well take that into account and then well take that into account and then make a list of companies and try to make a list of companies and try to make a list of companies and try to figure out which Cloud providers they figure out which Cloud providers they figure out which Cloud providers they use and make your choice based on that I use and make your choice based on that I use and make your choice based on that I want to impress upon you make your want to impress upon you make your want to impress upon you make your choice Based on data choice Based on data choice Based on data where the money is instead of the where the money is instead of the where the money is instead of the feeling and what people on Reddit tell feeling and what people on Reddit tell feeling and what people on Reddit tell you so choose one provider specialize go you so choose one provider specialize go you so choose one provider specialize go deep do the market research and Linkedin deep do the market research and Linkedin deep do the market research and Linkedin and indeed meetups and then view and indeed meetups and then view and indeed meetups and then view the training the training the training material that's material that's material that's available and in short for available and in short for available and in short for Azure all of the material is for free Azure all of the material is for free Azure all of the material is for free here and then if you then add um John here and then if you then add um John here and then if you then add um John savel here to the mix John savel here to the mix John savel here to the mix John savel that's basically all you need to savel that's basically all you need to savel that's basically all you need to learn Azure so you have this YouTube learn Azure so you have this YouTube learn Azure so you have this YouTube channel he's a fantastic channel he's a fantastic channel he's a fantastic YouTuber John Seville plus Microsoft YouTuber John Seville plus Microsoft YouTuber John Seville plus Microsoft learn is all you need to know you can learn is all you need to know you can learn is all you need to know you can learn you can basically get become an learn you can basically get become an learn you can basically get become an Azure professional for fully for free so Azure professional for fully for free so Azure professional for fully for free so those are the the steps that I would those are the the steps that I would those are the the steps that I would take to choose a cloud provider choose take to choose a cloud provider choose take to choose a cloud provider choose one well and remember if you want to one well and remember if you want to one well and remember if you want to learn more about Cloud if you want to if learn more about Cloud if you want to if learn more about Cloud if you want to if you're confused with all the options or you're confused with all the options or you're confused with all the options or if you just want to have a community of

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