Rick Ochs, Principal Product Manager for AWS, joins Corey on Screaming in the Cloud to discuss the elephant in the Twitter feed - AWS cost optimization. Rick explains why recommendation accuracy is paramount for his team’s ability to instill trust in their customers, and how important it was to him that AWS prioritize cost optimization prior to him joining the team. Rick reveals the four major themes of cost optimization, as well as how his team is structured to help address not only cost optimization, but also scale, from multiple angles so they can meet the needs of all their customers. Rick also discusses the psychological and environmental impacts of optimizing savings on cloud.