Have an offer from AWS and a competing offer with much better benefits and matching TC with a diff comp. But the other company is relatively unknown to the general public or even tech people. I never had a FAANG on resume, forgetting about WLB, politics, on call support, in general, did you guys see value in having a AWS on the resume?
AWS. I'd pick AWS over smaller unknown company even if AWS offer is lower. At comparable TC, it's a no brainier.
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Ask aws to match it, they will definitely match if you show a valid offer
You mean they’ll ask you to provide the other offer? In writing? I’ve never heard of this
Yep, I had to show it in writing, but the other offer was also asking for the same thing. In my case I was lucky enough to have a email from the other company and could just forward it
AWS offers GREAT experience at designing and implementing scalable services using distributed systems. Try to find a team that is very new. That's honestly the best. Even if you get into a team with an older product, you'll still be able to learn a friggin' ton.
Of course. Any startup/ smaller company/ old boring corp will treat you differently during offer negotiation
AWS.
The whole recruiting dynamic changes once you have one of the "big names" on your resume. The other big companies suddenly start returning your calls if you apply to another position.
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Anywhere else you go, you still have to give an interview(for FAANG at least). so I’d say it might not matter as much as others portray it to be.
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