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Joyal B Biju
Joyal B Biju

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Cloud Engineer Journey #1 - Starting My Cloud & DevOps Learning Journey

Recently, I started my journey as an Associate Cloud Engineer, and I wanted to create something that helps me learn consistently while also helping others understand cloud and DevOps in a simple way.


That's how this series started:
☁️ Cloud Engineer Journey
In this series, I'll be sharing what I learn step by step - from the fundamentals to real-world cloud and DevOps projects.
My goal is to explain technical concepts in a way that is:
simple
practical
and easy to understand even for someone from a non-technical background

Because when I started learning, I noticed that many tutorials explain how to do something, but not why it matters or how it works in real life.
So instead of making things overly complicated, I want to break topics down using:
simple explanations
real-world examples
diagrams
and hands-on demonstrations


📌 What You Can Expect in This Series
Some of the topics I'll be covering:
Linux fundamental
Networking basics
AWS cloud services
DevOps tools & workflows
Automation & CI/CD
Docker & Kubernetes
Monitoring & troubleshooting
Real project walkthroughs

And most importantly:
👉 the mistakes, challenges, and lessons I learn along the way.


🛠️ Interactive Learning Approach
To make this series more practical, I'll also be adding:
small real-world tasks
mini challenges
and project-based questions between topics

For example:
Linux troubleshooting tasks
Networking scenarios
AWS architecture questions
DevOps workflow challenges

Then, in the next post (usually after 1–2 days), I'll share:
the solution
explanation
and the practical approach to solving it

The idea is to learn by thinking and building - not just by reading theory.


🎯 Why I'm Doing This
I believe the best way to learn technology is by:
building
practicing
explaining
and staying consistent

This series is not about pretending to be an expert.
It's about documenting a real learning journey while growing as a Cloud Engineer.
If you're someone trying to enter cloud or DevOps, I hope this series makes the journey easier and less confusing.
Let's learn and grow together ☁️
Our first step was getting to know Linus, and this is our next post

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