For a cloud career, learn to operate at the edge

Grazed from InfoWorld. Author: David Linthicum.

Cloud computing jobs are on the rise, no matter what analyst firms you ask these days. Of course, "cloud computing jobs" can mean many things, ranging from architects to operators. However, the demand seems to be for those who have development experience with specific public clouds and those who have experience operating specific clouds, both private and public.

Say you don’t want to learn OpenStack anytime soon but still want to cash in on cloud computing, or you don’t have the hands-on cloud experience in high demand. What are your options? Consider focusing on a job whose demand is rising because of cloud computing but is not directly related to cloud computing. These secondary jobs are being created through the use of cloud-based platforms. They may not directly deal with cloud technology, but are nonetheless driven by it…

For example, you might not think a network engineer is a cloud-related job, but it’s becoming just that. Organizations that use cloud platforms have to upgrade their network systems to support the increased load, which is driving many businesses to improve enterprise networks and, in turn, hire the talent to do so…

Read more from the source @ http://www.infoworld.com/d/cloud-computing/cloud-career-learn-operate-the-edge-216071