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I used to work for rackspace. I'll answer any questions you might have, this was 2 years ago. My take is that they were pivoting HARD away from the server busi
by jimmywanger 8y ago
I used to work for rackspace. I'll answer any questions you might have, this was 2 years ago.
My take is that they were pivoting HARD away from the server business and trying to provide "cloud architecture solutions", where they would tell you how to properly set up your GCP and Amazon clouds to fit your needs.
From inside the company, coming from the silicon valley, the culture was rather jarring. They're from San Antonio, and try to hard to be hip and silicon valley-ish, but it's just in the uncanny valley where everything is a little bit... off. Also, it might be the corporate culture in San Antonio, but they try really hard to incoporate the new employees into "the family". For instance, all new employees have to get flown to San Antonio for a week of team building exercises and orientation. To me, it almost seemed culty.
- orestis 8y agoAny opinions on that cloud architecture solution service? Would you recommend it for a company with very little AWS experience?
- jpd- 8y agoCompanies like you describe are the primary focus of Rackspace these days.
- alchemism 8y agoThat ship has sailed, I’m afraid. Use AWS Lightsail for an equivalent and learn from the ground up.
- jimmywanger 8y agoBear in mind they've only started this initiative about 2-3 years ago. Cloud architects are hard to come by, and hard to pry away from their existing jobs. Think about whether or not your want to pay Accenture marketing rates to get a junior employee who just started, because knowing what I know about the pay scale, if anybody gets some expertise in Cloud Architecture and has some contacts in tech, which is quite likely because he's talking to clients, he's probably going to jump ship for a company that pays better.
- exUKRacker 8y agoI would not recommend Rackspace to make you a cup of coffee.
- ex3ndr 8y agoMost of great remote teams come together at least once a year. Also it is very good to work head to head for a week or more before going full remote. This is actually very SV way.
- jimmywanger 8y agoYou misunderstand. All new employees come to San Antonio and participate in childish "team-building" exercises. It's not limited to your immediate team. I have never met or interacted with anybody I met during the exercise. For example, this is not my first job out of college. I had to sit through a 2 hour meeting where a HR drone went ON and ON about tradeoffs of one health plan over another based on your life situation. Me, having basic reading comprehension, was on my laptop. I was reprimanded for that.