Post AVojVjjIJAkTO87RGi by alcinnz@floss.social
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(DIR) Post #AVo2flbVtiUa4K13DM by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2023-05-19T00:19:47Z
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Free AWS or Azure training... it's a trap. Don't fall for it. They want you to learn their non-transferable, proprietary interfaces so that you're trapped in their monoculture, and recommend their vastly overpriced services to your customers. Many people who work with these technologies as consultants can make a lot of $ because their fees seem low compared to the massive costs of those cloud services (compared to competing services). They're exploiting the broad ignorance of the market.
(DIR) Post #AVo2fnPXBE69fkQVou by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2023-05-19T00:20:46Z
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Note - this message was triggered by an unsolicited email invitation I just got to AWS training in which I have less than zero interest. (and that negative interest manifests itself as anti-corporate cloud truth-bombs)
(DIR) Post #AVojVjjIJAkTO87RGi by alcinnz@floss.social
2023-05-19T00:21:30Z
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@lightweight I suspect the skills are more transferrable than they let on...Judging by my experience listening to others speak AWS jargon!
(DIR) Post #AVojWUVQOYa4SizWfw by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2023-05-19T00:25:18Z
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@alcinnz my impression is that most people learning tech don't really know/like tech and are just looking for a lucrative job that doesn't involve working outside in the weather. Unlike you or me (or many in the Fediverse), a lot of people don't embrace change and aren't good at extrapolating their knowledge of things. I've developed the strong impression these legions of inflexible folk are the mainstays of big-tech's stranglehold on the business market.
(DIR) Post #AVojXyPwfarXWN8RuK by alcinnz@floss.social
2023-05-19T00:26:29Z
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@lightweight Honestly, I can't blame them. But it does make our job harder!
(DIR) Post #AVojY09iCv48ubYVsm by alcinnz@floss.social
2023-05-19T00:29:27Z
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@lightweight At the same time I'm sure there's people who say I'm not embracing change when NFTs or metaverse or GPTs fail to excite me...Or when I insist there has to be a technical (not financial) reason why some software should be made a service.
(DIR) Post #AVojYUOHnIY6gUbZlQ by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2023-05-19T00:31:02Z
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@alcinnz I simply blame them for this: they're exploiting ignorance, and encouraging it - even glorifying it and making it seem 'leet' for their own profit. Yes, understandable, but I don't find self-interest at the expense of the greater good admirable.
(DIR) Post #AVojy8EKoDL5U4B504 by j@moo.nz
2023-05-19T01:13:18Z
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@alcinnz @lightweight You understand one cloud provider - you understand them all!Just like operating systems or programming languages. There are zealots who righteously explain why their favourite is best in all ways - but intelligent and competent people can transfer the common patterns from one specific implementation to another, as well as identifying the strengths and weaknesses of each.
(DIR) Post #AVojzaCKJND2VtvkMi by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2023-05-19T01:15:43Z
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@j @alcinnz I think the key qualification in that is 'intelligent and competent people"... I'd add 'motivated', too, and I've got the inkling there're fewer of them out there than we might think.
(DIR) Post #AVok0sGgc0EOqaaMGe by abartlet@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2023-05-19T01:44:47Z
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@lightweight I even got a bloody cold call to tell me that I would be getting an e-mail. Told them no to...They must be getting desperate.
(DIR) Post #AVokL3wQv7wmqKjrWK by jonny@neuromatch.social
2023-05-19T02:52:18Z
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@lightweightthe NIH/NSF are falling for this to the tune of hundreds of millions soon to be billions.https://jon-e.net/infrastructure/#the-articulated-plan-being-to-pay-platform-holders-to-house-data