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Latest Prime update on Roku is a redesign disaster. Search is completely broken. Has anyone seen this issue? #roku #amazon
How does the blind community feel about Patreon? Any rumors about them? Will their stock do well? I have about 2 years of experience, and Im thinking of interviewing with them. I think it would be great to work there because they have a new growth team working to redesign the platform and add a lo...Read more
For me I think workday has the best sales team. I mean they sell crapy software to big dawgs and have strong recurrent revenue. Personally if you can sell crappy stuff to someone then you are beast. #workday At this point workday software is too huge and complex that their engineers can’t even red...Read more
People talk about redesigning offices to be “more collaborative” with more meeting rooms, open spaces and hangouts. Amazon is even pausing construction while they re-tool the layouts. But you know what I fucking want? The exact opposite of that. I want an office. Like my dad had, and his dad had. 4 ...Read more
Hello Everyone, I recently switched companies, (been here for not more than 2 months). My new team is great people but the product we are working on is not what I want to do for the next 2 years. We are rewriting a legacy website. On top of it, the website is not a heavily used one so there is no s...Read more
I'm a new grad at Amazon, been here less than a year. I've found that I really just do not enjoy coding. Interviews were doable bc it was mainly pattern-seeking but not enjoyable, but I figured it's not enjoyable for anyone, and I thought I'd be able to find interesting work and such. Not really sha...Read more
Hello there, I'm currently working as an SDE 1 at Amazon. Before joining, my experience was primarily in Data Science, so transitioning to a Software Development Engineer role was a significant change for me. However, I've encountered challenges within my current team. There's been very little supp...Read more
this linkedin post's TL;DR says: "people shouldn't be promoted based on how big their teams are.". Unfortunately team size is exactly what comes to mind when people are deciding whether to promote or not. Sure, there are some fluffy stuff in the promo doc like impact and stuff, but it's literally on...Read more
Do people actually give "bad" answers in behavioral interviews ? I can't imagine someone saying : "Yeah, if the project is late then it's late, what about it ?" "If I have to work on something I disagree with then I'm going to constantly bitch & moan about it or just not do anything at all, it's my ...Read more
Hello everyone, I recently graduated with a master's degree and am looking for referrals. I've been searching in an old-fashioned way (online applications) for a couple of months with little success. That's why I'm looking to redesign my job hunting strategy and seek support and help in this commun...Read more
I want to share my experience working in AWS Aurora for less than a year and hopefully save someone from joining it. 1. INTRO I'm an SDE from Europe, had 5 yoe when entered AWS. 2. BECOMING AN AMAZONIAN Passed my first FAANG interview at AWS and was assigned SDE1 role. Recruiter said that the leve...Read more
#Top 5 Updates of the Week: * Tiktok’s new program in UK “Fulfilled by Tiktok” takes a stab at Amazon & highly differentiates it from other apps. * Youtube launches “new & returning users” metric for Creators. * Twitter (X) CEO says the platform is close to breaking even. * Facebook Groups will ...Read more
See where the 0.5 on-site came from later... I’m writing this to share my experience with my recent job search in security. There is tons of information for SWEs but not much for SEs and I’m tired of the weekly threads under “Security Career” asking “what to expect for interview at company X (espec...Read more