The new cloud space has changed a lot in the last few years. A short time ago I'd say you should learn about creating VMs, using ansible, scripting etc, now Kub

The new cloud space has changed a lot in the last few years. A short time ago I'd say you should learn about creating VMs, using ansible, scripting etc, now Kubernetes and Docker has changed much of that. Its worth looking at which space you want - with Kubernetes etc you barely need to know any Linux or scripting. People learn differently - but I'd recommend starting there. Get the generous Google Compute intro special and write some apps. There is a bunch of free resources on the web - I can't point to anything specific. Linux academy, Safari books online are huge but not cheap.