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No work life balance, 60+ hours is the expectation for everyone
As a PM, I’m noticing Microsoft spec reviews are wildly different than Amazon doc reviews. (Was previously an L6 PM at amazon, now an L65 PM at MS.) By amazon doc reviews, I’m specifically thinking about 1 or 6 pager strategy docs that PMs write. Amazon PM Doc reviews are focused on: - finding the...Read more
Folks I am looking for good spec sample as a reference. I have heard a lot about Amazon and Google's way of writing specs. Please share samples and learnings for the community here.
Curious if anyone has an opinion to share about working in Amazon Game Studios. The people seem great but they have some tough challenges ahead (eg. Lumberyard's min-spec)
Can someone please explain the difference between Amazon Technical Product vs Program Manager? At Microsoft Technical Program Managers do both the product management as well functional spec level work. How that work is done at Amazon? I know that Amazon has pure business product managers as well...Read more
Does Amazon automatically send a work computer for a new SDE in the US? If so what is the model and spec these days? Am I permitted to use my own for Amazon work? For example would there be any problem using a Mac Studio?
What are the “specs” for a pre-ipo company one should join? Headcount size, location, strike price, industry sector, years in existence, customers, founders, VCs, etc. What should we look at to make a good choice? #apple #google #amazon #snowflake #slack
hi i have an offer from amazon for a sr.program manager role. Following are the offer specs, hoping for blind community to help evaluate it. sal: 150 stocks:60 sign on: 80k across years location:Seattle YOE: 8+
My boss is forcing me to ship a feature that has not been approved by product to inflate ad revenue at the cost of user experience metrics. This is not the first time I have been forced to merge code by my manager that does not align with PM spec. Last time, I was forced to do this, I merged a fea...Read more
I gave the Nuro phone interview. Interviewer : What are you currently working on? Me: I am working on wireless protocol stack development Interviewer : You receive spec from IEEE and implement it? Me : Yes, and make sure it works on all the Amazon devices and able to connect the wireless device like...Read more
I’ve had to have 2 Mac laptops replaced in the past 2 years alone while at Amazon. I’ve never had to have so many laptop replacements since I started working. Edit Current spec: 8GB RAM, i5, Mac Pro. Don’t remember the other details because it won’t turn on right now after clicking restart. TC: 10...Read more
I'm going to develop a simple application for my personal use. Since RDS is costly 15$ per month, I'm thinking of using DynamoDB as it's always free. My data size won't grow beyond 25GB as provided in the specs (It won't even cross 1Gb) My question is, 1. Will Amazon dynamo DB always be a free tier...Read more
Hi, One of my friend is looking for job in the area of LTE/5G Wireless integration testing. He has deep experience on 5G specs, testing and can be useful team member of 6G research as well. Pls let me know if anyone is hiring. #apple #google #samsung #intel #facebook #amazon #lab126
Hi all, Recently applied for BIE at Amazon. Received an offer and negotiated it last week. Received the contract today and signed it. However, I do not have a degree. Job spec required a Bachelor. My CV mentions 2 years of University (which is accurate) but no degree. I didn't lie in interviews, b...Read more
Hi there, I am trying to understand the best approach to creating and sharing product specs with stakeholders and developers. Would love to learn the best practices from your companies and experience. I believe this will be immensely helpful for all of us. #pm #product #productmanager @product #pro...Read more
Hi All, I am stressing over this upcoming Amzn interview because I don't have any exciting stories to tell for this LP part. I have 6yrs experience and never kept records of what happened day to day in my past so I have nothing to say except oh I fixed some bugs and wrote software per the spec. An...Read more
From what I understand, the top tech companies which include but not limited to Facebook, google, msft, Amazon, etc all have very similar interviewing specs. They interview you on the CS fundamentals, coding, design, etc. and then of course, culture which varies a bit more. What are your thoughts...Read more
So a recruiter reached out on linkedin, explained about the role, sent the spec, etc. When they asked me if I had applied to amazon before I replied yes, last week I actually applied to a new role they posted ( not the role in question ), and then dead silence from the recruiter. Does this make se...Read more
Google chromebook only has 2 USB-C ports and I want to connect multiple USB-C devices to it. I have trawled through Amazon but am amazed that I cannot find a single one. There are many hubs that have USB 3.1 USB-A ports but not USB-C ones. Is there a limitation in the spec that prevents this being...Read more
I’ve been at Boeing Commercial Airplanes for 11 months now, as an electrical engineer. I have a MS degree and about two total years of work experience in traditional engineering (building requirements and specs, supplier coordination, qualification/conformity/compliance testing, in service support, ...Read more
Just looking to get some insight from AWS SA’s. I applied and passed on the first recruiter for a couple of reasons. Applied to a different role... still waiting. Curious as to your experience prior to Amazon, YOE, background etc. I’ve been consulting for 20+ years. Networking focused but general s...Read more