As our Skool community continues to grow close to 50 members, I want to take a moment to reintroduce myself—especially if we haven’t crossed paths before. My name is Abdoul Aziz Kouraogo. I was born and raised in Burkina Faso. At 23, I moved to the United States with big dreams and no clear roadmap. Like many immigrants, my early days were filled with hard work and humble beginnings. I worked as a bus boy, a server, and drove Uber—doing whatever it took to stay afloat while trying to find my way. While I was still in university back home, I watched the movie Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, and it planted a seed. The idea of becoming a trader felt so distant, yet exciting. One day, during a conversation with a friend living in the U.S., he told me something that changed my perspective: “You know you can become one if you really want to.” That one sentence lit a fire in me; motivated me to travel across the world and settle in America. In 2015, I went back to school and earned another degree in Economics, worked for a boutique Investment firm as an analyst, later on got licensed in life insurance with one of the top 3 Insurance Companies in the US, passed the Series 7 and 63 exams, and became a stockbroker with the Number 1 Online Broker and Trading Company. I had made the dream real—but over time, I realized something important: the work didn’t fulfill me. I wanted more than a career in trading. I wanted growth, freedom, purpose. As I was considering going back to school for a master’s in data, another life-changing conversation happened. A different friend told me about cloud computing. He was making over $220,000 a year, working from home, and had transitioned into tech in under a year—no degree required. That absolutely blew my mind. From that day on, everything changed. I joined a bootcamp and started diving deeper in to Cloud. I eventually quit my job 6 months later and gave myself fully to this new path. For 3 months, I treated studying like a full-time job. Eight hours a day of deep focus, followed by four hours of structured classes at night. I knocked on doors—literally—asking people in tech if I could visit them, watch them work, ask questions, and understand what it really looked like to be in a cloud role. I didn’t want theory. I wanted the real world.

Hi! Welcome to Cloud & Cyber Collective ☁️🛡️ The goal of this community is to bring together ambitious IT professionals and beginners ready to fast-track their careers in cloud security through real-world learning, mentorship, and accountability. 👇 To kick things off, introduce yourself in the comments: 1. Where are you joining from? 1. What area of cloud or cybersecurity are you currently focused on? 1. What kind of support or content would be most helpful for you right now? Let’s get to know each other—drop your intro below! ⬇️ 🔥 Pro Tip: Level up by sharing your wins, questions, and insights. The more you contribute, the more value you (and others) will gain.

Hi guy ! My name is Daniel sawadogo, and I'm glad to be here. What brought me here is my desire to learn new things and my passion of science of technology. I don't know anything about "Cloud and Cyber", so I hope to learn a lot about it. Thank you so much!