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Nobody ever got fired for using AWS.

• m0xte 7y ago
  Yet
• thrower123 7y ago
  I'm sure at least a few companies have gone bankrupt or people have gotten pink-slipped for using AWS and not paying attention to auto-scaling settings... It's scarily easy to accrue huge bills if you're not watching things closely.
• shrubble 7y ago
  I am not at liberty to say the company name, but i do directly know of one person at a director level who was fired for using AWS. They turned on encryption for an option and did not realize the huge price difference between the encrypted and unencrypted option meant $9000 per day in additional charges. After 1 month (30 days) this came to light, and he was fired.
  • brokensegue 7y ago
    that's not what people mean by the phrase "Nobody ever got fired for using AWS." http://wiki.c2.com/?NobodyEverGotFiredForBuyingMicrosoft http://wiki.c2.com/?NobodyEverGotFiredForBuyingMicrosoft
    • shrubble 7y ago
      Before that it was 'IBM' ...
  • amenod 7y ago
    Yes, this happens with AWS. Controlling costs is a very important part of using any cloud, let alone AWS where the charges are... not as transparent as one would wish. :) EDIT: btw, he was not fired for using AWS, he was fired for making unnecessary costs.
• bduerst 7y ago
  IT decisions that get people fired are usually not well known to the public anyways.