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Please qualify 'bullied,' but if I take your meaning, nope. And I interact with AWS EC2 a lot.

From experience in DevOps handling very large inventories of persistent and ephemeral servers... I would not say AWS has ever taken an action or made an impression that they want us to not _utilize_ the resources we are paying for. In my support and technical exchanges with them I've found that they are keen to help us minimize our costs, but these were positive discussions and not at all what I would characterize as bullying.

In point of fact there are servers that I, as a systems administrator, would very much like to murder; my own attitude toward certain objects in my server inventory is much more openly hostile than that of AWS, and even I seem to have difficulty getting rid of them for good. So, anecdotally, there's that too.

Re:How do you handle/deal with stress? on Monday May 01, 2017 @01:08AM (#14235687)
I want to say the same thing. There have been long discussions with my therapist on this topic, and it is still one of the things I struggle with the most. Leaving aside where the stress comes from, I also take what you might call an external approach.

I try to move.

The shortest path to changing my emotional state, I find, is to change my environment. I remember university being very high-key almost all the time, and seeking out low-key environments was difficult. I hit the trails. I try to limit my exposure to other people, and focus on keeping my own footprint small. It is easier for me to meditate, or just to process my thoughts, when my body is engaged in motion through my surroundings and I am using most of my senses.

If nature is unavailable or unappealing, then use something to change your information diet instead. Music is a good suggestion. I like instrumentals when I can't get outside. Even if I'm only changing my environment virtually, through a video game, play helps.

Whatever I do, it's about trying to change my mental context so that I'm not ruminating on the thing causing the stress. This doesn't mean running away from stressors... only that one needs to choose different stimuli, or lack thereof, from time to time.