[zigzag312]

Why full-time? It's possible to outsource IT administration to a local IT company and pay only for set-up and maintenance that is needed. Way less than 72k a year for many use cases.

Also, companies that employ bunch of developers can find a developer that has IT administration expertise and allocate some of his time to this. Still cheaper than 72k a year or employing someone full-time, if IT requirements don't call for full time job.

It's not just cloud vs full-time.

[mike_ivanov]

Exactly. Or just buy a managed dedicated server - it's more expensive, but still it's a fraction of the full time sysadmin cost, and much cheaper than AWS.