[user5994461]

> I believe, skilled system engineers are still a requirement for any large project, be it in cloud or not.

And that's why cloud will win every single time, forever, on all metrics.

Because the cloud requires less engineers to achieve the same work, as it takes care of the low level hardware work.

[drdaeman]

How that's different from hosting provider engineers taking care of setting up a dedicated server and even pre-installing a tested OS image? They also usually handle all the hardware-related issues you may encounter.

That used to work well before the "cloud" era, and still does.