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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 fo
by 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 agothat'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 agoBefore that it was 'IBM' ...
- amenod 7y agoYes, 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.