# MagicMag
> AI/ML product leadership insights — from ranking models at Meta to cloud economics at AWS. By Maggie Zhuang.

## Author
Maggie Zhuang — AI Research PM at Meta, building ranking models for Instagram and Facebook Reels and Feed. Career progression: Senior SWE at EMC → PM at Cisco → Senior PM at AWS (database portfolio: ElastiCache, RDS, Elasticsearch, DynamoDB) → Staff PM at Twitter (ML & Data Platform, ~$1B GCP deal) → Principal PM at Cash App (Data & ML Platform) → PM, GenAI/ML Platform at Intuit (GenOS, agentic AI) → AI Research PM at Meta. Duke MBA, MS/BS in Computer Science.

## Blog Posts
- [The Hidden Math of Managed Services](https://magicmag.ai/the-hidden-math-of-managed-services/): Why the 45-75% markup on managed cloud services is misleading once you factor in Reserved Instance pricing. At internet-scale ($200M+/year), managed services can cost 10x+ what self-managed infrastructure costs with 3-year RIs.
- [Negotiating Cloud Contracts at Scale](https://magicmag.ai/negotiating-cloud-contracts-at-scale/): How Twitter negotiated a ~$1B GCP contract, pushing past the initial 35-40% discount to achieve up to 92% off on certain products. Key principles: build unit economics models, negotiate product-by-product, commit volume for price.

## Pages
- [About](https://magicmag.ai/about/): Maggie's career journey from SWE to AI Research PM across EMC, Cisco, AWS, Twitter, Cash App, Intuit, and Meta
- [Resume](https://magicmag.ai/resume/): Full professional experience, education, and key achievements
- [Contact](https://magicmag.ai/contact/): How to get in touch

## Topics Covered
AI/ML Platforms, Recommender Systems, Generative AI, Cloud Economics, Database Strategy, Data Platforms, Infrastructure, Negotiation, Migration, AWS, GCP

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