Learning Cloud Skills Not Just a One-Time Thing

Learning cloud skills isn’t a one-and-done thing, Troutman said. It requires continual updating.

“That’s why we introduced AWS Skill Builder,” she said. “Historically, we’ve provided classroom training for 10 years, and we’ve had certifications that go along with it and it’s been more intensive, multi-day with an expert, you learn it and then hopefully go apply it really quickly. There are a lot of people that value that and who get a lot from that. But what our customers were telling us was we need that, but we also need to have people that can continuously learn. They need them to be able to go back if they forgot something in the class and try again, practice and refresh. They need them to be able to keep up with the updates. And they need them to be able to learn new technology so that they can continue to grow their careers.”

AWS Skill Builder is available any time so a person can go in on their own time whenever they want, and if a new service comes out, they can learn what that service is, Troutman said.