🚀

Cloud & AI Engineer

Building tomorrow's digital world

Nicolas BREGENT

Lead Tech DevOps & Cloud Azure

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🙋 A question for you...

Who used an app today?

📱 Instagram 👻 Snapchat 🎵 TikTok 🎬 Netflix 🎮 Fortnite

But... who makes them work? 🤔

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🏗️ My role

Imagine you're building a city...

🏠

The houses

= The apps (Instagram, TikTok...)

⚡

Electricity, water, roads

= MY JOB! I build the "invisible pipes" of the Internet

I'm the one who keeps the Internet running behind the scenes! 🦸

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☁️ The Cloud: What's that?

❌

The cloud is NOT a cloud!

✅

It's a giant warehouse of computers somewhere in the world

💡 Concrete example

When you watch Netflix on your phone...
→ The movie is not in your phone!
→ It's in a datacenter in Ireland 🇮🇪
→ It travels to you via the Internet

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🎯 DevOps: My job

Dev

Development

Creating applications

+

Ops

Operations

Keeping them running 24/7

🎼

Like a conductor

I make all the musicians (servers, databases, applications) play together!

Example: The Gulli app you know? I built it! 📱

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🌐 IoT - Internet of Things

⌚

Smartwatches

🚗

Smart cars

🏠

Smart homes

🏭

Smart factories

🏭 L'Oréal Example

Thousands of machines in factories talking to each other!

→ Machine detects an issue → Automatic alert → Quick repair

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🤖 AI in my daily work

❌ BEFORE (without AI)

⏰ 2 hours

to find a solution

→

✅ NOW (with AI)

⚡ 30 seconds

5 solution paths

💬 ChatGPT

My assistant that explains complex problems to me

👨‍💻 GitHub Copilot

It writes code with me (like a co-pilot in a car)

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🧠 What AI does NOT do

❌

It doesn't think for me

❌

It doesn't know what the client needs

❌

It doesn't make decisions

✅

It's ME who decides, validates, corrects

🧮

AI = a super powerful calculator

But you need to know what to calculate!

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😮 You already use AI!

🎬

Netflix

Series recommendations

👻

Snapchat

Filters on your face

⌨️

Phone

Autocorrect

🎵

Spotify

Personalized playlists

AI is all around you! 🌟

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🎮 Project: The Gulli App

📅

Created in 2013

💻

Windows 8 App

🎯

Videos, games, TV shows

👥

Thousands of users

An app you may have used! 📱

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🛒 Project: Franprix

Automated management of 900 stores in real time

📊

Checkout data

→

☁️

My Cloud analyses

→

📈

Automatic forecasts

→

🚚

Optimized orders

900 stores connected in real time! 🏪

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L'Oréal: A New Connected Company

Thousands of communicating machines

⚠️

Machine detects an issue

→

📡

Automatic alert

→

🤖

My system finds the solution

→

✅

Quick repair

Result: anticipating and quickly repairing the product to avoid customer service waiting times

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🏢 My clients

Projects that impact millions of people! 🌍

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🛤️ My journey

2007

DUT Computer Science (age 18)

I didn't know how to code before, I learned everything!

2009

First job - Developer

Software for small businesses

2012

Software Architect (work-study)

I worked and studied at the same time

2013-2017

Large company consultant

L'Oréal, Société Générale, Gulli...

2022-2026

Lead Tech DevOps Cloud & AI

Team management and major projects

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💡 The secret

No need to be a math genius!

🧮❌

What you need:

🔍

Be curious

🧩

Love solving problems

📚

Keep learning

🤝

Love teamwork

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🎓 Possible training paths

After 9th grade

General Baccalaureate (Maths/CS) Bac STI2D

↓

After high school
                            DUT/BUT Computer Science
                            BTS SIO
                            Engineering school (Epitech, 42...)
                            University (Bachelor → Master)
                        

Multiple paths to the same career! 🛤️

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🎯 Key skills

🧩

Problem solving

Like puzzles to solve

🤝

Teamwork

Never alone on a project

🌍

English

Technical documentation

🧠

Curiosity

Always learning something new

💬

Communication

Explaining simply

⚡

Adaptability

Technologies change fast

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✨ Why is it great?

💶

Well paid

€2500/month junior
→ €5000+ senior

🏠

Remote work

Flexible workplace

🌍

Travel

International projects

🚀

Innovation

AI, Cloud, IoT...

🎯

Impact

Millions of users

📈

Employment

The sector is hiring!

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🎯 The key takeaway

"Digital is accessible to everyone!"

✅ No need to be a genius

✅ If you enjoy creating and solving problems

✅ If you are curious

→ You have your place here! 🚀

With AI, it's the most exciting time to join this field! 🤖✨

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❓ Your questions

It's your turn! 🙋

💡 Frequently asked questions:

Is coding hard?
Will AI replace developers?
Do you need to be good at maths?
Can you do this job without a degree?
How many hours do you work?

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📬 Learn more

Scan to see my resume

Nicolas BREGENT

Lead Tech DevOps & Cloud Azure

nicolas.bregent.net

My full journey, my projects, my skills

Thank you! 🚀

And good luck with your future in tech! 💻✨

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