Should I Become A Cloud Engineer (One Minute Quiz)

Alyssa Omandac

Career Quiz and Most Suitable Personality

Cloud Engineers

Cloud Engineers A cloud engineer maintains and manages an organization's cloud infrastructure. They are also involved in planning, designing, and building cloud-enabled infrastructures.

Salary
$122000
Personality
Find a job you love and you will never work a day in your life.Confucius
Table of contents
  1. Career Quiz
  2. Suitable Personality Type
  3. Pros and Cons

Career Quiz

In this career quiz, there are 8-10 questions that will give you a pretty good perspective on whether this career is right for you.

There are 3 answers to each question: Dislike, Maybe, and Like.

Answer “Like / Yes” if you tell yourself “Yes! I would love do this” or “Yeah, I’m that type of person”.
Answer “Okay / Maybe” if you tell yourself “Umm…I think I will be okay with that”.
Answer “Dislike / No” if you tell yourself “Ugh…Sounds boring” or “No way!”.

Ready? Let’s start!

Question Yes Maybe No
Are you someone who likes to work with ideas that require an extensive amount of thinking?
Are you interested in creating Saas, IaaS, or PaaS solutions?
Are you someone who prefers work that requires you to solve problems mentally?
Do you like to be on the bleeding edge of technology?
Do you have an intellectual curiosity for new technologies?
Do you have strong technical computing skills?
Are you someone who is extremely organized when it comes to solving problems and performing tasks?
Can you handle a stressful, high demand work environment?

Your Results

Done?

Now count how many points you have.

Dislike = 0 point
Okay = 1 point
Like = 2 points

After you’re done counting your points. Click below to view your results.

Suitable Personality Type

The Thinker

People with this personality likes to work with ideas that require an extensive amount of thinking. They prefer work that requires them to solve problems mentally. You can read more about these career personality types here.

To become a cloud engineer, you need to:

  • Have strong technical skills and experience in computer programming languages and platforms.
  • Be very analytical when solving business problems.
  • Have an intellectual curiosity for new technologies and new ideas to find ways to eliminate information gaps and solve problems.
  • Be extremely organized in how you solve problems and perform tasks.

In an industry of constant advancement, you must be flexible and adaptable to be a successful cloud engineer.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Higher earning potential

Cloud engineers have a higher earning potential over traditional IT engineers and administrators.

Job security

Cloud engineers enjoy tremendous job security because of the market demand and the rapidly evolving landscape of the cloud. ZDNet identified cloud engineers as one of the most in-demand jobs of 2020.

Cons

Requires continuous learning about technology advancements

Because cloud technology is fairly new in the IT industry, cloud engineers must be vigilant on staying knowledgeable about advancements and be flexible with the lack of standardization.

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