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Every place I've worked the AWS bill has always gone into a sort of a cost center blackhole. Finance would do their best in the beginning of the year to negotia
by schoolornot 6y ago
Every place I've worked the AWS bill has always gone into a sort of a cost center blackhole. Finance would do their best in the beginning of the year to negotiate discounts & teams would do their best to keep costs low w/ reserved instances, etc.
Even though $1k is indeed a rounding error where I work vs. what we pay each month, it's becoming annoying how granular the billing for new setups is becoming. When I'm asked to compare TCO of an on-prem solution vs. a hosted one that includes all-of-the-above, I feel like I'm playing actuary and not cloud engineer.
- qz2 6y agoWhen asked to compare I always immediately get instructed by subordinates to apply the existing lies they were telling. That's how you manage cloud costs!