what can i do before join amazon as swe,ML at aws team? (heard aws pambda, sqs, tensorflow will be main stacks) no exp in backend, but rwas Ml researchers. and best advice for fast promo to sde2, or AS? thanks! TC base 150 yoe 2 1st author papers from kdd sde1 note: i have 1yr yoe from trading floor at BB and ready to work for ~5-60hrs but problem is no exp in backend .. worried about my high comp whereas have no exp in backend tbh
Set your expectations correctly. Amazon doesn't care about its employees and vice versa. Employees over there are ruthless and very hard working. Be ready to slog for 50-60 hours a week. If you are a shy person, amazon is not for you. Be extrovert, and give your opinion in every thing even if you don't care. Learn leadership principles and learn how to use them to manipulate teammates and to win arguments. Don't believe anyone, don't trust anyone because everyone over there is selfish. If you work X make sure to showcase it as 2X. Company awards people like that, again be extrovert.
It is rare to see an engineer an extrovert.
Amazon has a quiz called peculiar test. Usually people tend to leave amazon in 2-3 years. Amazon has very few senior engineers given its size. Mostly people move to leadership role after few years. Amazon is a business company, it is run by MBAs not engineers. Upper management decides all deadline of projects. It's very top-down. So they need extroverts.
Don't worry, you will be fine. I'm in AWS ML org too. I have been in multiple teams/orgs in my 7 years at Amazon and this is the best one I have been. Chill. Tip would be, ask questions, learn and rampup. Look for a mentor (ask your manager to help find one).
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