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Cloud Computing Overview<\/h2>\n

Thinking about moving into a cloud computing career path? Let’s start with the basics.<\/p>\n

Cloud computing didn’t emerge until right around 2000 when Salesforce released their first cloud-based sales and marketing software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution. They were a pioneer in this space and have continued to bring innovations to cloud technologies.<\/p>\n

Over the past couple decades, there has been explosive growth of new cloud platforms and start-up companies bringing their own products to market. This included expansion into providing hosted infrastructure (IaaS), databases (DBaaS), and platforms (PaaS) as a services.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ultimately, these vendor-hosted solutions reduce the overhead and cost historically associated with on-premise infrastructure.<\/p>\n

This is when cloud job titles such as Cloud Developers, Engineers, and Architects started to emerge.\u00a0<\/p>\n

These cloud computing roles provide planning, analysis, design, implementation, and administrative support for the various types of cloud services. This can include initial environment setup, configuration of modules, building integrations with other applications, and ongoing administrative functions.<\/p>\n

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Cloud Career Outlook & Salary<\/h2>\n

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VERY POSITIVE (HIGH RATE OF GROWTH)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Adoption of cloud computing is only expected to grow as it gets cheaper, more secure, and easier to deploy. The rate of grow has been incredible in recent years for cloud computing jobs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to Indeed, one of the largest job search websites, between 2016-2018 there was an increase of 101% in job posting related to cloud jobs. The number of openings continues to increase year-over-year as companies search for talent to help modernize there technology landscape.<\/p>\n

When it comes to salary, this will of course depend on your level of experience and training. The average pay for a cloud computing professional is between $68-144K<\/b>,\u00a0according to data from PayScale. This is well above the national average and is pretty high compared to other jobs in IT.<\/p>\n

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Top Paying Cloud Computing Skills<\/h2>\n

There are countless vendors that offer a somewhat different solution to address a business need. Without question, the largest and most widely used cloud technologies are:<\/p>\n