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and industry lounge. - Amazon Alexa AI Team SDE 2 vs Microsoft Azure Level 60? Hi I have received an offer from Amazon AlexaAI team located in Seattle. The recruiter reached out asking me a salary I am expecting. I said I am expecting 250k (Have got competing offers). Please help me out with your insights. The current level they are offering is SDE 2, L5. 1. What is the exp
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and industry lounge. - How is working for Amazon Alexa AI in Cambridge MA? I have an offer to go there and start as an entry level SDE1... Also while I'm here, what is the typical way you get a verbal offer? My recruiter just said I had an offer and that was basically all she said before she wanted compensation numbers from me. Is it normal for recruiters to do that or do
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