Forget AI-Engineer, Become A Cloud Engineer - Roadmap (10 steps)

A structured 10-step roadmap for breaking into cloud engineering as a career alternative to AI engineering. The steps cover: Linux and command line basics, networking fundamentals, choosing one cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP), earning cloud certifications, IAM and cloud security, deploying real applications, infrastructure as code with Terraform, containers/Kubernetes/CI-CD pipelines, monitoring and cost optimization, and building a portfolio to get hired. The post also promotes Coursera as a learning platform with hands-on labs for AWS certification prep.