“Which Cloud? The One in the Sky?” – Grace’s Journey to Becoming a Cloud Engineer

“Which Cloud? The One in the Sky?” – Grace’s Journey to Becoming a Cloud Engineer

Grace Ezuma’s story isn’t your typical tech career plot. 

Starting with a childhood fascination for design software and a hilarious interpretation of cloud storage, her journey took her through twists and turns before landing a job as a Cloud engineer. 

In this interview, Grace shares her struggles, breakthroughs, and valuable advice for aspiring tech professionals, proving that passion, perseverance, and a little help from mentors can take you far.

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Hi Grace, tell me three crazy things you have done to pursue your career in Cloud Engineering?

Grace: The first one is the fear of putting myself out there. I have never been one to talk about my learning and journey. In December 2022, I opened a Medium account and wrote an article “How I got into Tech.”

The second is going for an internship program, with literally zero knowledge about Cloud Computing. There, I gained my first hands-on experience working with a group of people and  one of them became a mentor/friend.

And the third is making the decision to pursue my masters fully online, with my dad’s support.

Awww, love it for you. Let’s talk about your journey. Walk me through your medium post, how did you get into tech?

G: I have always been computer literate from the age of five. My parents owned a business centre (cyber cafe), so I was always there after school, weekends and during the holidays. I always marvelled at how my mom made those designs on CorelDraw and how my uncle typed so fast on the keyboard. It was always an intriguing experience whenever I came around.

I started designing on CorelDraw at the age of eight. I made simple cute logos for barber shops, saloons, canteens and law firms. I had a personal folder where I kept those designs (the desktop is gone sha. Lol). Dragging shapes, lines and picture icons around was so exciting and after some months, I started designing basic flyers with the names and details of their services. When I clocked nine, my dad got me my first laptop – a Dell. I was so happy when I found out he installed some apps I loved playing around with like CorelDraw, MS Word 2007, Mavis Beacon Typing and Encarta Kids.

Hope they gave you money oh?

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