Thoughts on working for a company that uses cloud infrastructure vs. Their own data centers?
What are your thoughts on working for companies that use cloud infrastructure like Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure or Google GCP vs. Their own data centers (or hybrid)? I have 2 YOE, and I've only ever worked with AWS. While I have never worked with data centers, I only ever hear bad stories from my coworkers who have, and how things took forever and it just wasn't good. But this is capital one we're talking here, so it's definitely not close to data centers at a more techy company.
Should I avoid companies that don't use the cloud after having been spoiled by AWS lambda, dynamoDB, etc.? The company in question (Verizon Media) told me that I would not be working on the infrastructure side since they have dedicated teams for that. I am curious on people's thoughts since I have no experience with that.
I have an offer from another company, a start-up, that uses AWS exclusively, but the offer is lower TC and no equity / stock.
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If you're building the platform, I would recommend spending some time with a data center company. Being exposed to what the metal looks like and how it behaves is very valuable even if you don't want to do that forever.