alt Hacker NewsYes but the fact that it's "not their fault" keeps the person from getting fired.
Don't underestimate the power of CYA
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HPsquared • last Saturday at 9:07 PM
That's real microeconomics.
Yes but the fact that it's "not their fault" keeps the person from getting fired.
Don't underestimate the power of CYA
That's real microeconomics.
This is a major reason the cloud commands such a premium. It’s a way to make down time someone else’s problem.
The other factor is eliminating the “one guy who knows X” problem in IT. What happens if that person leaves or you have to let them go? But with managed infrastructure there’s a pool of people who know how to write terraform or click buttons and manage it and those are more interchangeable than someone’s DIY deployment. Worst case the cloud provider might sell you premium support and help. Might be expensive but you’re not down.
Lastly, there’s been an exodus of talent from IT. The problem is that anyone really good can become a coder and make more. So finding IT people at a reasonable cost who know how to really troubleshoot and root cause stuff and engineer good systems is very hard. The good ones command more of a programmer salary which makes the gap with cloud costs much smaller. Might as well just go managed cloud.