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Comment by treis

3 years ago

I think it's more of a shield against upper management. AWS going down is treated like an act of god rendering everyone blameless. But if it's your one big server that goes down then it's your fault.

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phkahler  3 years ago

>> AWS going down is treated like an act of god rendering everyone blameless.

Someone decided to use AWS, so there is blame to go around. I'm not saying if that blame is warranted or not, just that it sounds like a valid thing to say for people who want to blame someone.

  • flatiron  3 years ago

    “Nobody gets fired for using aws” is pretty big now a days. We use GCP but if they have an issue and it bubbles down to me nobody bats an eye when I say the magical cloud man made ut oh whoopsie and it wasn’t me.

    • dijit  3 years ago

      That’s because your CTO is getting raked over the coals.

      They just think it’s something they can justify- cloud is synonymous with velocity and the perception of lower staffing costs.

      A little bit of unavailability is seen as a fair trade off.

      This is my impression as a c-level.

  • sebzim4500  3 years ago

    I doubt anyone has ever been fired for choosing AWS. I know for a fact that people have been fired after deciding to do it on bare metal and then it didn't work very well.

  • jasonlotito  3 years ago

    "I think it's more of a shield against upper management."

    "Someone decided to use AWS, so there is blame to go around."

    Upper management.