> Instead of being able to find a server ops guy from a large pool of experienced folks, you now have to find someone specifically with AWS-ops experience
Yes, and too many companies don't realize that by moving to AWS, they are not only narrowing the pool of developers/operations people they can hire from, but the salary of these people is higher.
I'm not against AWS, there are absolutely businesses where AWS makes sense (as the article describes). However it's more than just a question of dollars and cents to move to AWS, you also have to factor in the HR consequences of losing access to dime a dozen developers/sysadmins.
For most businesses I have worked with, I would argue losing access to developer/sysadmin talent outweighs their perceived benefits of moving to serverless.
Yes, and too many companies don't realize that by moving to AWS, they are not only narrowing the pool of developers/operations people they can hire from, but the salary of these people is higher.
I'm not against AWS, there are absolutely businesses where AWS makes sense (as the article describes). However it's more than just a question of dollars and cents to move to AWS, you also have to factor in the HR consequences of losing access to dime a dozen developers/sysadmins.
For most businesses I have worked with, I would argue losing access to developer/sysadmin talent outweighs their perceived benefits of moving to serverless.