Stepping back though, you do make that hardware choice when you select a service from an IaaS. The actual selection is hidden from you, though. It is a tradeoff

Stepping back though, you do make that hardware choice when you select a service from an IaaS. The actual selection is hidden from you, though. It is a tradeoff where the industry has overwhelmingly come out on one side. I think it's time to start questioning this. Instead of hiring engineers with "AWS experience" why not engineers with experience automating systems using OSS tooling?