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So this was "flagged", which is HN terminology for "eww we don't like this, it's controversial", which of course is total horse shit for most things that are both popular and flagged.

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I’m unclear why it was flagged. It’s a legitimate question and problem I’m facing. I totally recognize these improvements are better overall, which is why I’m doing it, just wondering a bit about the people side of it.

I'll say that I don't think it's very likely that the CIO / CTO of an "old traditional" F50 would be coming to HN for advice on a migration of data centers to cloud. You would be talking to one of the big professional services consultancies.

I understand why you find it unlikely. I share the sentiment, but lets give them the benefit of the doubt -- if this is a leader of a traditional company, managing tech may not be in their wheelhouse. They may be perfectly capable of carrying this change forward without help, but are first engaging in a respectable attempt to research the perspective of tech folk, to help guide their upcoming decisions. If so, we should be commending them for reaching out to learn more before making decisions that will impact so many people.

You would be talking to one of the big professional services consultancies.

Those are absolutely the last people on Earth you should ask, because their advice will always be, fire all your own staff and outsource it to us. Or if you're too cowardly, for an extra fee you can TUPE them over and we'll fire them for you.

Kudos for being switched on enough to cut them out of the loop.

Yes, 1000%. I have many friends who went to (and are now principals at) MBB and I hear all their stories and I would not under any circumstances use a large consultancy for this advice, I can guess their advice before even contacting them.

Might not hurt to do both.

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