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But the question is if you want to work at the 21% of companies that use Microsoft.

Based on my own experience, you probably don't. They tend to be legacy companies in low-growth areas and lower pay.

While Azure companies do tend to skew "larger enterprise", I don't think it's fair to say they are lower paying. If anything, more Azure-related jobs I have seen a higher-price point on than AWS jobs (in my local sphere). I think this is because Azure has higher demand than supply, and people are less likely to choose it as their primary cloud right out the gate.

It's also worth noting that a lot of consulting companies focus on Azure. This is because of perverse incentives, but still worth noting.

This is simply not true.

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