Thrown into managing cloud architecture with no experience

What people tried

Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.

1. 1
   Coming in on weekends to learn the environment
2. 2
   Requesting company-paid training classes
3. 3
   Using AI tools like Copilot to find resources and syntax
4. 4
   Proposing hiring a temporary contractor or consultant to manage the handoff
5. 5
   Staying one page ahead of the students
6. 6
   Using basic icebreakers, short powerpoints, and worksheets to survive day-to-day
7. 7
   Asking admin for a mentor teacher or looking up deescalation techniques
8. 8
   Telling the school you would rather stick to subbing or walking away from the position
9. 9
   Documenting known gotchas and common recurring issues before leaving

In their words

Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.