Good to have on your resume for next future jobs
No work life balance, 60+ hours is the expectation for everyone
Learn everything from hardware to software to support, you get to do it all. Meeting heavy, but you can shorten your week coding instead of participating.
No growth in job paths, must manage to rise. Lack of vision, and that leads to lack of execution.
I am in my second year as an AWS SA L6. I know AWS is hiring for this role all the time. I love the role. Where do the tenured SAs go? It seems like everyone is less than a year in. There are only so many managers. The promoted L7 SA is extremely rare based on my research (phonetool). What is the ca...Read more
I'm currently going back and forth with the idea of working solely as a Solution Architect for AWS. This might be considered a lateral move, however, difficult to determine as I'd be going from a Intermediate SA to Associate SA. 1. Current Job - Infrastructure, hybrid SA + Developer (80/20 respecti...Read more
I am actively seeking positions for data scientist/analyst roles especially in Fico, SAS, and Coupang. I have 10+ YOE in machine learning (credit score) and data analytics engineering in a financial company and foreign government, with a Master's in data science, and can speak English and Korean; An...Read more
What TC could I expect as a principal SA for Amazon (AWS)? I see plenty of threads about SAs, but none for principal SAs. Job would be remote but based out of NYC. Also, what does the initial phone screen usually consist of? Is it just a recruiter asking you basic questions to see if you’re a good...Read more
What are career paths for Solutions Architects? Specifically for SAs at AWS, GCP, Snowflake, Databricks
Do Solutions Architects at AWS get PIPed as frequently as SDEs? If so what would cause them to be PIPed? Any PIP stories out there from AWS SAs? #pip #aws
What's the difference between ( Cloud Solutions Architect) and ( Customer Engineer) roles at GCP ? I see both titles on Linkedin and not sure what's the difference and if they belong to the same Org/Team. I am in AWS, and we have account SAs and Specialist SAs.
AWS SAs & Mgr SAs, accepting an offer for L5 SA. Can I get an idea of what is expected on the role for L5 and how to plan toward L6 in a year or two? Highly appreciate any career advices please. TC: 200K Yoe: 16 #aws #amazon #solutionarchitect
As individual contributors AWS has a bad rep. I know a lot of Pre sales SAs that say AWS is a sweatshop or offers no WLB. Does anyone have any insight to what leadership is like? If you are a line manager to SAs is WLB an issue? Any Info helps!
Which one is better to go into early-in-career? So SAs are more pre-sales and working with AWS sales teams, and ProServ Cloud Architects focus more on implementation and working with partners? ProServ seems like you can develop more technical skills, whereas SAs you can develop more soft skills? ...Read more
I’ve seen from previous comments there is not a PIP culture with SAs at AWS (please correct if wrong). Are refreshers different between SWEs and SAs too? I read the post that went into granular detail on how refreshers work and the cliff. Previous post talked about top 10%, middle 70% and bottom ...Read more
Does anyone in AWS knows if the SAs will be converted to billable? Some people in Msft are pretty sure that’s happening #aws #microsoft
SAs Solution Architects at AWS?. Saw one vid in YT from one of my fav youtuber SA from Canada. Surprisingly he was put on pip it seems. Tax- 220k cad
Have onsites for a ML specialist solution architect at AWS. Are SAs paid similarly to SDEs? Levels.fyi estimates an L5 sde at ~210k.
Any recruiters looking for SAs or TAMs? Already passed assessment for a L6 position just looking to get a referral. #aws #amazon
I’ve seen AWS employees shit over rest of Amazon employees when AWS was not impacted by the 18k layoffs, but this is nothing to pump fist over. Clearly MS and G is gaining(or kicking a$$ if that’s your preferred choice of words) What’s the army of Sales, ProServ and SAs doing? What are the engineer...Read more
Are clients in AWS Arlington,VA federal only? Curious about how placements work for the Tech U program for Associate SAs.