Nimbus Forge Academy Cloud architecture studio · Seoul
A guarantee in plain language

Refunds you can read before you enrol.

Full refund window

Within 14 days

Cancel an enrolment more than 14 calendar days before kickoff and receive a full refund — no reason needed.

Half-tuition window

Up to 5 days out

Cancel between 14 and 5 days before kickoff and receive a 50 percent refund. The Refund page lists the small print.

Goodwill cases

After kickoff

We consider medical issues, bereavement, or sudden loss of employment. Honest requests are rarely refused — please ask.

No-fault deferral

If we cancel

When we reschedule a cohort you choose between a full refund or a free deferral, regardless of how close to kickoff.

Read the full Refund & Cancellation page for the exact mechanics.

A working studio in Seoul

Cloud architecture, taught the way it is actually practised.

Nimbus Forge is a small, working studio for engineers and career switchers who want to design cloud systems with intention. Our cohorts are deliberately small — 12 to 22 seats — so every architecture write-up gets read by a working architect, not a teaching assistant. We run live evening sessions twice a week, a Saturday studio block, and a single mentor 1:1 in every long programme. The labs are scenario-based and built from real failure modes, not screen-recordings of a console click-through. If your last training felt theatrical, this one is meant to feel like a quiet workshop. We will tell you plainly when a cohort is wrong for you.

Browse the catalogue

Nine programmes across foundations, AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, multi-cloud, and a private clinic. Filter by skill level, platform, and certification track.

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Pick a 30-minute window

Walk a cohort with a mentor before you decide.

A live walkthrough is the most reliable way to read whether a cohort fits how you learn. The format mirrors a midweek session of the programme you choose: a working architect opens the actual workbook, runs through one lab artefact, and answers questions for the remaining fifteen minutes. Our calendar shows real availability for the next two working weeks. We do not run open-ended demos; the slot is pre-scoped so you leave with a single decision in mind.

  • Each window is one programme, not a generic studio tour.
  • Slots are held for one named visitor only — no group calls.
  • You receive the joining link within 30 minutes of confirming.
  • If you change your mind, replying with “release” frees the slot.
  • We follow up by email within one working day with a written summary.
Journey · Heejin Kang, Carrot Insurance

From a stalled migration to a defended landing zone in nineteen weeks.

Challenge

A quietly stuck Azure landing zone

Heejin’s engineering team had been migrating workloads to Azure for nine months and the landing zone had quietly drifted into something nobody could defend in writing. Two of the three subscriptions had naming inconsistencies, identity sprawl was undocumented, and the sponsor was asking for a clean answer before the next budget cycle.

Decision

A clinic engagement, then the Expert Track

We spoke for forty-five minutes before sending a quote. The team booked a two-day Architecture Review Clinic, and afterwards Heejin enrolled in the Azure Solutions Architect Expert Track to formalise the vocabulary the critique had surfaced.

Outcome

A written architecture record her sponsor signed

Nineteen weeks later the team published a one-page landing-zone decision record her sponsor signed, presented a hybrid identity strategy that matched the company’s actual headcount curve, and rebuilt the group naming convention the sprint after the cohort closed.

A small note, then a longer one

Start with two fields. The rest unfolds on submit.

We dislike long forms in front of strangers. Below is the structure of the conversation — step one above the fold, step two only after the first reply. Hyojin replies personally within one working day.

  1. Now You submit two fields — email and role. Nothing else is asked.
  2. +30s The form expands to two more questions: cohort interest and the outcome you want.
  3. ≤ 1 working day Hyojin replies from [email protected] with cohort matches and a follow-up question.
  4. Within a week If a 30-minute call would help, we book one. If not, you have written notes either way.
  5. No drip No automated marketing sequences. The only newsletter is opt-in and quiet.

Two fields above the fold. The longer form opens after this step — never on first contact.
YP Yejin Park Academy Director Focus · Cloud landing zones, governance design
A 30-minute call with the Academy Director

Talk to Yejin — and leave with a single recommendation in writing.

Yejin runs the studio and personally interviews every applicant for the long-form cohorts. The call below is short, scoped, and written up by email within one working day. It is not a sales meeting; it is a conversation that ends in a clear yes, no, or “take this other path first”.

Agenda

  • 5 min — your current role and what brought you to architecture work
  • 10 min — the cohort or engagement that fits your timeline
  • 10 min — honest opinions about which path is wrong for you
  • 5 min — next steps, written follow-up by email within one working day
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