[spyspy]

I've seen the exact same thing at multiple companies. The teams were always so proud of themselves for being "multi-cloud" and managers rewarded them for their nonsense. They also got constant kudos for their heroic firefighting whenever the system went down, which it did constantly. Watching actually good engineers get overlooked because their systems were rock-solid while those characters got all the praise for designing an unadulterated piece of shit was one of the main reasons I left those companies.

[koakuma-chan]

Were you able to find a better company? If yes, what kind of company?

[spyspy]

I became one of the founding engineers at a startup, which worked for a little while until the team grew beyond my purview, and no good engineering plan survives contact with sales directors who lie to customers about capabilities our platform has.

[appellations]

Founding engineer is the worst role in tech

[koakuma-chan]

Which role do you prefer and why?

[ibejoeb]

Meh. I like it. The key is to not get emotionally invested and help make that transition to a bigger operation if things go well.

[worik]

> Watching actually good engineers get overlooked because their systems were rock-solid while those characters got all the praise for designing an unadulterated piece of shit

That is the computing business. There is no actual accountability, just ass covering

[waynesonfire]

multi-cloud... any leader that approves such a boondoggle should be labelled incompetent. These morons sell it as a cost-cutting "migration". Never once have I seen such a project complete and it more than doubles complexity and costs.