Let’s start from the end: after almost 6.5 years, I’m leaving what’s IMO the best company in the world to work for. This was my longest stint at any one company. I’m leaving to pursue a high-risk high-reward opportunity with a company that’s disrupting personal finance. I joined Google Cloud before it was even a platform, and I’m one of the PMs that has spent the longest tenure in Cloud.… Read more

Google offers sustained use discounts which are automatic discounts that you get for running specific Compute Engine resources a significant portion of the billing month. Sustained use discounts apply to the following resources: Predefined machine types The vCPUs and system memory for custom machine types The vCPUs and system memory occupied by sole-tenant nodes The 10% premium cost for sole-tenant nodes, even if the vCPUs and system memory in those nodes are covered bycommitted use discounts GPU devices For example, when you run one of these resources for more than 25% of a month, Compute Engine automatically gives you a discount for every incremental minute you use for that instance.… Read more