Azure to GCP

Jan 16 12 Comments

Got an offer from Google for the position of a Cloud Consultant.

Currently a Customer Engineer at Microsoft (Azure).

Current level: L63
TC: $240k

New level at Google: L5
New TC : $300k

The TC bump is great, and so is the level change. I joined at a lower level without looking into it more closely.
Like my boss, hate the scope of the work I do. Extremely boring.

These locations are all in a medium cost of living area.

The real disadvantages with GCP:
1. It’s third in a two-horse race. GCP barely has any big name customers.

2. The culture may be cut-throat like at Amazon. (I have Amazon experience and never want to work there again).

My plan is absolutely to boomerang to Microsoft at a much higher level, because my attempts to move internally have been leading nowhere.

Given these problems, would it be a bad idea to accept the GCP offer? Even with the TC bump?

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  • Meta
    Chcd4rg

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    Chcd4rg
    Come to fb
    Jan 16 2
  • Google
    1Name4Evaa

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    Amazon, Microsoft
    1Name4Evaa
    To be honest I think it’s a decent move. I have seen 65s move to G at L5 so that’s definitely a plus. Regarding being 3rd, that is a good point but then again the cloud space is huge and GCP is showing a good trajectory. So it’s worth a bet for a short time. Regarding culture, I have only heard mostly on Blind so I guess it’s a hit or miss depending on where you land.
    Jan 16 1
    • OP
      Thank you for this insight! I used to be L6 at AWS then without doing a little more digging on levels.fyi or the target level, I took an L63 offer, thinking it was at least L64.
      The pay is still better at MS, but the scope of the work is so painfully tedious at L63, after having been L6 at AWS.
      Team at AWS was getting incredibly toxic. My current manager/team are awesome but the role is just painfully boring, tedious and small.
      Jan 17
  • Google
    zeroTrust1

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    zeroTrust1
    What big digital native customer does azure have? Twitter, parts of Uber run on gcp
    Jan 16 2
    • Microsoft / Product
      Gratefulll

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      Gratefulll
      Please explain "digital native".
      BTW many F500 operate(d) their own (on-prem) datacenters and are at least partially if not entirely on some cloud. What %age of those does GCP count as a paying customer? There are public studies/speculations on this as well.
      Jan 17
    • OP
      Agree with Gratefulll - not sure what “digital native” means. Do you mean cloud native?
      Jan 17
  • Nexus Systems
    PurpSec

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    PurpSec
    Once you have Google under you, should be able to write your ticket at MS. I started looking at cloud roles at Microsoft and might try for Cloud Eng so this is helpful insight.
    Jan 16 0
  • How is your work different than a Cloud Consultant in a consulting company?
    Jan 16 2
    • Curious on this as well. Is the role with GCP Professional Services?
      Jan 17
    • OP
      It’s for Professional Services, yes. And it’s entirely different from what Consulting firms do. You are actively shilling only for Google. Unlike in a consulting firm, the role is fully and purely consultative, not an end-to-end project including implementation details.
      Jan 17