What if you are a non-IT person and your company goes to the cloud?
Your organization decided to "go to the cloud". But you are not an "IT person" - you have been a manager or director in the business for years, maybe you work in marketing, sales, project management, HR, accounting, or at a factory shop floor.
Will "going to the cloud" affect you in any way? Yes. Why? When organizations go to the cloud and they want to see the benefits the cloud may bring them, they need to change the way they think and operate. Going to the cloud is not an IT department project but all departments & IT going there together. Close cooperation, mutual understanding, and finding a common language are a must.
Sooner or later you will need to know at least something about the cloud and yes - you may feel lost - even for IT people it is a challenge and yes - it is a steep learning curve. Let me show you a few places and hints about where and how to start. I will focus on AWS, as this is the cloud I work with on a daily basis, but the first steps in all clouds are the same.
Find Interesting Business Cases
Start with cloud-related business cases that interest you or are relevant to you and the business you work in. Going to the cloud as a bank, as a health-related company, or as a high technology startup is quite different from going to the cloud as a manufacturer. To inspire you, I provided a few links where you can start:
Look for other cases - the sky is the limit here.
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Start using the cloud
Create an AWS Account. Once I have written a blog post about it (in Polish) - still relevant (yes - you need to care about security & costs from the very beginning).
Learn about the cloud
There are plenty of materials that are dedicated to "non-technical" people.
After that, you will find it much easier to communicate and understand people from IT departments.
Find a Cloud Community
There are plenty of cloud-related communities & online groups - not only for technical people; there are conferences, webinars, and summits. Being a part of a community is the best way to learn and grow. Just look around :)
Good summary, thanks Karolina ?? I would add one point - ask tough questions and check what is available in your company. If the company goes to the cloud, internal training initiatives and internal cloud communities should be available (if the cloud adoption process was prepared properly) And these kinds of questions can also stimulate changes in the existing approach to cloud transformation
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2 年A bit of a personal story - I used to be a 100% business person and I about 5 years ago I got fascinated by the cloud & IoT so much that I decided to specialize in it - today I am a cloud architect. Quite a journey, but a fantastic one.