> the hundreds of millions they are raising will give them enough runway to survive a few years despite losing money for years.
It's more that the decision makers at every stage are not incentivized to care, or at least, were not during the ZIRP period. This is slowly changing, as evidenced by more and more talks of "cloud exits".
Software engineers are encouraged by the job market to fill their resume with buzzwords and overengineer their solutions.
Engineering managers are encouraged by the job market to increase their headcount, so complicated solutions requiring lots of engineers actually play in their favor.
CTOs are encouraged by the job and VC funding market to make it look like their company is doing groundbreaking things and solving complex problems, so overengineering again plays in their favor. The fact these problems are self-inflicted doesn't matter, because everyone is playing the same game and has no reason to call them out for it.
Cloud providers reward companies/CTOs for behaving that way by extending invites to their conferences, which gives the people involved networking opportunities and "free" exposure for the company to hire more engineers to fuel the dumpster fire even more.
It's more that the decision makers at every stage are not incentivized to care, or at least, were not during the ZIRP period. This is slowly changing, as evidenced by more and more talks of "cloud exits".
Software engineers are encouraged by the job market to fill their resume with buzzwords and overengineer their solutions.
Engineering managers are encouraged by the job market to increase their headcount, so complicated solutions requiring lots of engineers actually play in their favor.
CTOs are encouraged by the job and VC funding market to make it look like their company is doing groundbreaking things and solving complex problems, so overengineering again plays in their favor. The fact these problems are self-inflicted doesn't matter, because everyone is playing the same game and has no reason to call them out for it.
Cloud providers reward companies/CTOs for behaving that way by extending invites to their conferences, which gives the people involved networking opportunities and "free" exposure for the company to hire more engineers to fuel the dumpster fire even more.