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Re:Prime Down: Amazon’s sale day turns into fail day by dabockster on Monday July 16, 2018 @07:12PM (#17545968)
> The bar had to be lowered to meet the demands of growth.

Not only that, but I've noticed that Amazon has started using way more contractors (not actual firms, but more Mechanical Turk/UpWork like contractors, if not just straight up misclassification) and agencies within the past year or so. I can't say that I'm surprised that Amazon is having technical issues now that they've grew in numbers but not in technical chops.

On a side note, it is a great time to become a recruiter in Seattle with all these agencies popping up. /s

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Re:Prime Down: Amazon’s sale day turns into fail day by smt88 on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @12:12AM (#17547248)
This makes me terrified that my users' security relies on AWS...
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Re:Prime Down: Amazon’s sale day turns into fail day by abrookewood on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @01:53AM (#17547586)
Honestly don't think that is an issue. AWS is THE most certified company I have ever worked with. Seriously, go look at their compliance page - it is ridiculous. https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/programs/
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Re:Prime Down: Amazon’s sale day turns into fail day by usr1106 on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @02:25AM (#17547714)
Certification is a theater for managers and so called decision makers. It might have a positive impact on code quality as long as people are motivated. But if insiders are telling me that the workplace culture is deteriorating that is a serious problem. Certification will not prevent bad code hitting production.
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Re:Prime Down: Amazon’s sale day turns into fail day by reeteshv on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @06:47AM (#17548685)
Reminds me of several CMM Level 5 certified IT services firms consistently grounding projects into dust!
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Re:Prime Down: Amazon’s sale day turns into fail day by abrookewood on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @11:49PM (#17555455)
I was mainly referring to the security of their systems, but I take your point.
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Re:Prime Down: Amazon’s sale day turns into fail day by yayadarsh on Wednesday July 18, 2018 @12:57AM (#17555664)
Not certain on this, but I think Azure is known to have more compliance certifications. This is probably largely due to the long relationships Microsoft has with government organizations etc.
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