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> I consult full time on AWS cost optimization / reduction / understanding. Curious, have you ever consulted a client not to use AWS? As in "your cost optimiz
by rdtsc 10y ago
> I consult full time on AWS cost optimization / reduction / understanding.
Curious, have you ever consulted a client not to use AWS? As in "your cost optimization is going to be not using AWS and using $x instead"?
- mrlatinos 10y agoCurious about this as well. Otherwise, it's like a car salesman saying you shouldn't buy a bike, rather, understand mpg before buying a car.
- QuinnyPig 10y agoSure-- but I'm usually not retained until the environment is built out. The client's starting point is relevant to what comes next.
- QuinnyPig 10y agoAbsolutely. Great example: container workloads without high data volumes. Slap those into GCP if you can-- or arbitrage between different cloud providers / regions / on-prem if you have them. That said, clients who come to me already have a significant investment with AWS. Getting rid of that is a high bar in terms of engineering effort. That said, I've no financial incentive to recommend one provider over another. My clients pay me, the vendors do not.
- rdtsc 10y agoMakes total sense. Thank you for responding! We've pushed clients to competitors' products a few times, I was young and thought that was silly. However those clients spread the word about us and we didn't even have much of a marketing department, it was all word of mouth. Gaining their trust was gold and a really good long term investment.