Cloud Computing: Career Path and Skills Development at CSU Melbourne

This essay discusses the role of cloud computing in shaping IT careers, emphasizing skills development and career opportunities. The author reflects on gaining relevant experience, communication skills, and internship experiences. The importance of mentorship, attending ACS events, and subscribing to professional publications for career advancement are highlighted. The essay also touches on the benefits of online courses for job application preparation. The student shares insights on how cloud computing can influence their career as an IT professional, creating new opportunities and aligning with evolving technology.

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STUDENT DETAILS
STUDENT DETAILS

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Week 10
1)
Cloud computing is the system which enables an individual to connect their system
with the host computer service hosted by the main network called as net. Cloud computing
utilizes for major functions such as storage, management and processing of information.
Through this network system, all the users are get connected with each other, irrespective of
their geographical differences. Even people who are in remote area can enable the effective
access to the important information issues by the host computer Cloud computer provides the
effective way to connect with each other so that different people can obtain different
information effectively. In today’s generation cloud computing used not only for sharing
information but youngsters use this cloud computing for entertainment purpose also.
According to me, cloud computing is the great system capacity which can fascinate
many people towards making their career in this particular branch of IT field. Cloud
computing is marked as the new venture in today’s world due to its various useful
application. In today’s generation, technology plays an important role in shaping the world.
Thus, cloud computing is also the part of the changing technology. Cloud computing is
fascinating many young people towards choosing IT as their career field.
In this field, jobs are also getting generating day by day because the application of
cloud computing is using by more and more companies thus companies requires skilful
candidates who can manage their cloud computing structure. Associations offers job for
various job position like manager, engineers and in administration department. This is the
reason I am choosing cloud computing as the important career prospects. First, I will try to
gain some relevant experience in this field. I am thinking for working under any expert as an

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assistant. Moreover, I think that having experience and interest in this field will definitively
lit up my career path.
2)
I am pursing for Master Degree in IT at Charles Stuart University in Melbourne,
focusing on computer network. I pay close attention in the class to learn and grab skills
which I can effectively implement in my career. Firstly, I am focusing towards sharping my
communication skills. Through this skill I get an idea about how to influence people and
ways through which I can learn methods for leading the team with effective leadership.
Moreover, communication skills will also help me in developing my critical thinking and
problem-solving skills.
Apart from this, I worked as an intern in an IT company during my holidays. At that
time, my supervisor influenced me a lot because he always encourages me to do more
effective work and to take on risk because he believes in my capability and abilities. After
working with him for a while I had gain confidence that I can make cloud computing as the
great operation for choosing it as my career field. Moreover, through this internship I gained
the little bit knowledge of working in the corporate environment and internship helped me in
developing my skills too.

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Week 11
Answer – 1
Below points are describing the benefits of having a mentor in the initial years of the
employment:
Effective support: Mentor is the person who have experience in the relevant field
and who agrees to provide us effective support and guidance for beginning our career. Thus,
having a mentor enables an individual for effective support and leadership. Mentor also
provides feedback for the operations conducted by an individual. Although, mentor expects
his/her fellow will pay attention and follow him/her with proper discipline.
Motivation: The mentor motivates an individual or group to conduct more better
operation in order to accomplish the common goal of the project. As it is always great to have
someone who motivate us at the beginning levels because it encourages spirit in us for
conducting more better operations.
Encourages critical decision making: Having a mentor improves the ability of the
person to make critical decision because mentor shares their experience related to the work
and it gives a parameter that what we should not do while working in this operation. Thus, it
can be said that having a mentor is also beneficial from the perspective of encouraging
critical making decision ability.
Personal development: When mentor shares their personal life experience then it
helps us in developing professionally and personally. While listening to a mentor, a fellow
can conduct the path in their mind about the challenges and benefits they may experience in
future. Thus, mentor helps an individual to enhance their problem-solving abilities with
personality development skills.

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Develops better perspective view: It is also noted that mentor helps us in developing
better perspective towards the field. In professional practice, it is extremely important that an
individual should have their own better perspective view in order to conduct effective and
efficient operations.
Answer 2)
Attending ACS events:
I accept that going to the ACS workshops and occasions helpful for me in light of the
fact that systems administration has an essential impact and contribute a ton in the expert and
self-improvement. These occasions are used as a formal just as casual systems administration
opportunity which may lead me towards monstrous achievement. Every year the organization
has a great deal of occasions which offer the representatives to keep themselves associated
with ICT experts. As having the enrolment of ACS I have proficient access to improvement
set of contributions incorporates productions, online classes, short courses, program
observing, etc. These occasions will likewise be useful in picking up the chance to associate
with the ICT experts who can help in the expert and self-improvement. The expert
improvement openings and the ACS occasions can be used for picking up the information
from the encounters of others, upgrade the certainty level, and research the open-door
comparative with the momentum setting of the life.
Membership to professional publications:
Membership to a particular distribution house is valuable for the expert profession
development. There are numerous expert distributions in Australia and among them IEEE
Computing society is a celebrated one that I need to buy in. Through the assistance of IEEE
Xplore the advanced library gets available to me and I will have the option to pick up
information for my expert vocation development. As per me, being the supporter of the IEEE

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Computing society distribution for full time I can take simple choices and result in the
improvement of the individual and expert characters. This expert production is useful for the
experts to communicate with similar settings identified with regarded and experienced
representatives who have improved works and get achievement in the reality. This is likewise
useful for the expert viable advancement. I can follow the pattern and the means attempted by
those guides and include advancement in my future expert improvement. It will assist me
with making better choices for getting higher assignment in the expert field.
Week 12
Polished methodology Environments online course has been useful regarding making
the most ideal request for employment. It was additionally useful that before the finish of the
undertaking, I could collect thoughts and data about my abilities that I have and how to
introduce my aptitudes in my request for employment, for example, continue, introductory
letter and e-portfolio. It has likewise helped me in finding the best match while searching for
an occupation and extemporizing my request for employment with the goal that my request
for employment would stand apart from the group.
The week by week undertakings and reflections are additionally acceptable and assists
keep with following of your general learning exercises and causes you gain from the
significant inputs from your partners and coach. The one part of PE online course that I
would change in the event that I could would be presentation of live visit with the goal that
guide and additionally their agent and understudies could connect continuously as opposed to
informing and email.