I'm a father of four. I started out as a self-taught programmer, completed a B.S. in Computer Science and am currently employed full-time since 1998.
I also own a small mobile software company.
Don't forget that going serverless, in its current state, is also handing control over to a few companies (primarily GCP, Azure and AWS). Hosted servers give you a little more control and the freedom to jump ship to another host if something goes wrong (or prices increase).
I run technology at Ingenious, an agency specializing in building products for the healthcare industry. 💛 remote work ‧ sometimes 🔨 are the best tool for the job.
Don't forget that going serverless, in its current state, is also handing control over to a few companies (primarily GCP, Azure and AWS). Hosted servers give you a little more control and the freedom to jump ship to another host if something goes wrong (or prices increase).
I agree with you. It's not something I think every day, but it's definitely true that we have less players for serverless than for regular servers.