From College Dropout to $500k AWS Cloud Engineer
From The TechTual Talk by The TechTual Talk
February 12, 2026 · 1h 19m
About this episode
Adetayo Ibijemilusi shares his journey from dropping out of nursing school to becoming a successful AWS Cloud Engineer earning nearly $500,000 annually.
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People in this episode
Host: Henri Davis
Guest: Adetayo Ibijemilusi
Topics covered
- cloud engineering
- career development
- overcoming adversity
- high-income tech skills
- financial growth
- mentorship
- job stacking
Keywords
- cloud engineer
- AWS
- career tips
- income scaling
- tech skills
- mentorship
- time freedom
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Organizations: Apex Institute, TechTual Consulting, Discord
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