6 months ago I have started my work as an AWS Cloud developer. Before this, I had close to zero knowledge of Cloud. So if you are a student, be smarter than me and start learning it right now.
1. It's BIG
At your university, you probably learn many different things, and you still know that's not all of it. You hear about so many specializations, different skills, different techs. So if you heard about something, there is quite big chance that AWS already has a solution for it.
It doesn't really matter what you are planning to do after university - AWS for sure has some tool for you. Here are some examples:
- Would you like to do backend? - check serverless approach with Lambda.
- Front-end dev with React? - have you heard about static hosting on S3?
- Network Admin? - AWS got all you want - DNS/Routing/VPC.
- How about mobile dev? - You can be interested in Amplify!
- Machine learning/AI? - SageMaker has a lot of tools for you.
Still not sure? You probably faced a problem where you had to install a Linux machine for some school project. With AWS EC2, you can run it with 1 command in less than a minute!
2. It's universal
You know that learning programming is not about learning a programming language - it is about learning how to solve problems. With AWS, you can do the same. Probably, it's even easier. You don't really have to learn any syntax. You just have to start using it. What's even more important, there are not so many cloud providers. If you learn something in AWS, you will definitely catch it in different cloud platform. Also, due to the huge movement toward cloud computing, more and more applications rely on Cloud. Even if you don't use the cloud, there is quite big chance that someone in your team is using it. Wouldn't be nice to know what they are talking about?
3. It's impressive
We all know multilingual people. It's truly impressive when someone starts to talk in fluent Spanish while his first language is German. Same goes with AWS, especially if you are not applying for DevOps work. Imagine recruiting React Dev who has AWS skills in his CV. It might not be so useful for this project, but if your applicant had learnt the basics of AWS, he can definitely manage his daily duties.
4. It's better paid
Are you earning a good salary as Python Dev? You can earn more by being Python Dev in Cloud. Currently, cloud positions have the highest salary in all IT industry. Check the stats.
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