Welcome to Fast Track to Cloud—the podcast that accelerates your career in cloud technology! Whether you're prepping for an interview, mastering cloud skills, or chasing your dream tech job, we've got you covered. Get expert insights, real-world strategies, and practical tips from Raj Saha—an L7 Principal Solutions Architect at AWS, LinkedIn Top Voice, and top-selling instructor who has empowered over 250,000 students worldwide to build confidence, crack interviews, and thrive in the cloud. Ready to level up? Let's dive in!
Gen AI Study Material, Roadmap, Impact ft. Mike Chambers (AWS AI Expert)
Mike Chambers, AWS AI expert, explores the generative AI landscape, discussing roadmaps, study resources, and its impact on various industries in an interview with the host.
3 Jun 2025
Career Progression, Growing Network, Must Have Skills - Omar Halabieh (Amazon Director)
Amazon Director Omar Halabieh shares must-have skills for cloud jobs, explains how to grow a meaningful network, and explores the shift from tactical to strategic thinking in this interview.
29 May 2025
She Left Microsoft & Google to Grow Her Career | Aishwarya Srinivasan
Aishwarya Srinivasan shares her career journey, including leaving Microsoft and Google to join startups, and provides insights on personal branding and job search strategies for newcomers in an interview.
27 May 2025
Is RAG Dead? Open Source Or Closed Source? What's Next after MCP - Adam Bluhm (Real World Gen AI SA)
Adam Bluhm explores the future of Generative AI, contrasting open and closed source models, and examines real-world applications across industries in this interview.
20 May 2025
How To Join AWS, Learning Kubernetes, Gen AI - Praseeda Sathaye (Principal SA)
Praseeda is a Principal Specialist Solutions Architect at AWS. She is a Kubernetes expert, presented in many conferences in her own unique way, and also created some impactful workshops. In this episode, we discuss:
• How to join AWS
• How to learn Kubernetes
• Learning AWS
• Kubernetes and Gen AI
And more.
13 May 2025
New AWS Interview Process Explained
Amazon Web Services (AWS) interview process has changed in recent times. In this episode, we will go over the interview rounds, and tips to prepare for them.
6 May 2025
Brutally Honest Advice on Cracking Big tech in 10 Mins
Unlock the secrets to cracking your AWS Solutions Architect interview-straight from someone who’s been on both sides of the table!
Raj, a Level 7 Solutions Architect at AWS, reveals the proven framework that helped him land his dream job at Amazon on the very first attempt-and has since guided hundreds of candidates into top tech roles. Drawing on his experience conducting 300+ interviews and mentoring thousands, Raj shares:
His personal journey from a third-tier college in India to designing world-scale cloud solutions at AWS
The exact strategies to answer technical interview questions with depth, nuance, and real-world examples
How to master behavioral questions by telling compelling, business-impact stories
The art of executive communication: how to pitch your skills to both technical and non-technical audiences
Actionable tips on documenting wins, structuring STAR stories, and preparing for every stage of the interview
Whether you’re aiming for AWS, Google, or any big tech company, this video will help you stand out-not just as a “good” candidate, but as a “must-hire.”
29 Apr 2025
Get Hired at Big Tech, Good & Bad Interview, Dealing With Angry Jeff Bezos - Ethan Evans (Amazon VP)
Ethan Evans is a former Vice President at Amazon, where he spent over 15 years driving innovation and working directly with Jeff Bezos. During his tenure, Ethan led global teams of over 800 people and helped create groundbreaking products like Prime Video, Prime Gaming, and Twitch Commerce. He has conducted over 2,500 interviews, co-developed one of Amazon’s leadership principles, and holds more than 70 patents. Ethan has even interviewed with Elon Musk and gained firsthand insights into leadership at the highest level. In this episode, we dive into topics such as:
•How to get hired at Big Tech like Amazon
•Best and worst qualities of candidates in interview
•That time when Jeff Bezos was angry at Ethan
•Jeff Bezos Vs Elon Musk
•Rapid Fire and Lord of The Rings lore with Ethan
And much more!
24 Apr 2025
AWS Director on Agentic AI, Gen AI Trend
In this episode, we are chatting with Roland Barcia (Director @AWS) about impact of Gen AI on cloud jobs, acing STAR interviews at Amazon, how to communicate technical concepts strategically, upskilling, and more. Keep watching till the end of the video for Agentic AI whiteboarding!
15 Apr 2025
From Google Sheets to Millions - Zuhayeer Musa (Levels.fyi Co-Founder)
In this episode, we talk with Zuhayeer Musa, co-founder of Levels.fyi, about how he built a website that helps people understand job levels and negotiate better salaries. Zuhayeer shares why he decided not to work at a big tech company and instead started his own business. He explains how he first created Levels.fyi using just Google Sheets and how the platform grew over time. We also talk about how to make decisions when you feel stuck, how AI is changing tech jobs, and ways to earn higher salaries. Zuhayeer gives tips on negotiating pay and shares some cool new features coming to Levels.fyi soon. This episode is full of helpful advice for anyone who wants to do well in their career!
8 Apr 2025
Layoffs, Career Progression, Working with Jeff Bezos - Ethan Evans (Amazon VP)
Ethan is a former VP at Amazon, where he spent over 15 years. Ethan worked with Jeff Bezos directly while at Amazon, which we will talk about, and he also interviewed with Elon Musk. Ethan led global teams of over 800 people, and invented well-known businesses and products such as Prime Video, Prime Gaming , Twitch commerce, and more. He has also taken over 2500 interviews, helped create one of the Amazon leadership principles, has over 70 patents, and currently runs a very successful newsletter, and career coaching program where he helps people advance in their career and succeed in leadership roles. In this episode, we discuss:
• Advice on getting a job and progressing on your career
• Reducing chances of getting laid off
• Growing a meaningful network you can leverage
• Learnings from working with Jeff Bezos and interviewing with Elon Musk
• Time management Vs. Productivity
And more.
1 Apr 2025
Will GenAI Destroy Data Jobs?! Sundas Khalid, Principal @ Google
In this episode, we are chatting with @SundasKhalid (https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCteRPiisgIoHtMgqHegpWAQ) (Principal Data Analytics @Google) about if you should be a data analyst or data engineer or data scientist, impact of AI on data jobs, switching career from non tech background to big tech, and a fun rapid fire question answer round. Keep watching till the end of the video for the Data Analyst roadmap.
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