> maintaining a large and expensive ops team and dealing with ever-growing AWS bill Set it up on real hardware with 2-3 good admins and you'll save 6x per year

> maintaining a large and expensive ops team and dealing with ever-growing AWS bill Set it up on real hardware with 2-3 good admins and you'll save 6x per year. AWS has its place, but it's unlikely that place is anywhere near 100% of everything. This truth has practically become a heresy, which means you can make good money by having the gumption to take advantage of it. > Some are basically in the business of being an intermediary mailbox for transferring money from their customers to AWS. Does this mean that you can win just by hiring one of the few people who can accomplish the terrifying task of, GULP, setting up a server without dragging around little blocks in a web GUI? :P