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and industry lounge. - L6 TPM to L6 SDM TRANSITION (Amazon) Hi blinders, TPM job role was not exciting me anymore hence I took a decision to look out for SDM role transition. I have had chat with couple of managers with L6 SDM opening but i feel none of them gave me a clear picture (reality) on how the transition will take place and importantly the timelin
- Which companies have real data scientists? I have a MS in DS from top tier CS university, and I have been working as a data scientist for less than 1 year. Daily work includes analytics & AB testing (60%) and building ML models (40%). The current team has some modeling projects, but the larger organization is mainly doing analytics. Their da
- Joining Amazon London Hi all, I will be soon joining Amazon London as an L4. Current yoe: 1.5 yrs. I have few queries: 1. How fast are the transitions from SDE1 to SDE2 in Amazon prime video London? 2. Would love to know about various opportunities(other than FAANG, palantir) as a techie in London. 3. Can anyone sugges
- FB levelling I am going for an onsite Interview at FB for PM role. I have 8 years of Product Management experience and 3 years as Engineer (before PM transition). My Recent 3 years of the PM experience is from Amazon. Do I qualify for E6 or E5 PM at FB?
- Is Amazon offering mega backdoor for their 401K Former Amazonian here - just read through the pamphlet of transitioning from Vanguard to Fidelity, did i read it right that Amazon is finally offering mega backdoor?
- Citadel NXT TC highest for 2 yoe SDE II 23 yoe, 2 yoe, 160k TC What is the high end TC for NXT program? I am considering quitting Amazon to work at Citadel for a few months if their TC is a lot better because I am waiting to onsite for a lot of other places and team matching which may take all the way till March 2020 I was hoping to tran
- When it Rains it Pours LETS START FROM THE TOP 🔊 Monday: -Car broke down on the interstate on a bridge, couldn't keep driving water pump failure -Cost of repairs total to around 3k -Got rejected by all 3 PHD internships I applied for after 2nd round of interviews Facebook NY, Ama
- SDM Amazon If given a choice which role will you choose TPM vs SDM? I am planning to transition to SDM role in Amazon and wanted to understand the process and things to watch out for. How good is SDM job in Amazon and Google?
- My fall from grace: how I ended up at Amazon I told this story to a few MBA interns and will repeat it here. In high school, I was an academic superstar and was fortunately accepted by my dream college. I did well there, worked in finance afterwards, and then returned to my alma mater to get my MBA. I had hoped to transition into private
- Entering tech at 40. What's my best option? I'm retiring from the Navy (submarine officer) in a few months, and am about to finish up with my Masters in Data Science from JHU. I have an old BS in Computer Science, and another Masters in Eng Mgmt (Old Dominion). I am looking at a few different options and want to know how I should best spend m
- Does Google SWE -> ML Scientist REALLY happen? At Amazon, I've seen a few people transition from SDE to Applied Scientist. The latter is Amazon's research/science role. Of course, the SDEs were all working on ML-heavy teams with a lot of science in their day to day work. Does that sort of thing happen at Google? What are the research positions
- Ouch, Amazon Just spent the last two months prepping for an interview with Amazon for a Solutions Architect position in LA. Found out Monday after completing The Loop last week that I didn't get it. Massively disappointing, especially as they do not provide feedback as a policy. Trying to view this as a growth
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- Got into a GANDFAADU company as SDE2, what next? (Google Amazon Netflix Dropbox Facebook Apple Adobe Doordash Uber) YoE : 3 TC : 65k USD Location : India Goals - $1mil TC in 5 years, making Director in 10(or a director level IC - Distinguished Engineer), or some really kickass research papers. (Stretch goals are a thing) Will be joining Google
- Bellevue or Issaquah to Seattle Downtown Hi, I will be moving to Seattle shortly to work for Amazon and just on the fence about confirming a place to live. We have seen places in Bellevue close to Factoria and in Issaquah Highlands that we equally liked. Now I am just wondering which one would be a relatively easier commute via public tran
- Two paths diverged in the cloud Hello! I am trying to transition from an on-prem infrastructure solutions architect (6 yoe TC $140k) to a SA for either AWS or GCP. Both have operations here in LA. I got all the way to an on-site with Amazon for an Enterprise Solutions Architect role but didn't get the job. Since the interview I'v
- Left Amazon following high performance and title upgrade, no comp adjustment I was pretty disappointed with Amazon's HR process. When I started I was offered a Web Development Engineer II and Software Development Engineer II position within AWS because I am a software engineer with focus on the front end, I chose WDE because it was likely I'd likely only have limited opportu
- SDE 2 at Amazon earning 210K and 39 years old. Next move? Stay at Amazon and aim for L6 SDE? Or leave for another company? Location Seattle. Career goals - remain technical but transition to software manager. Currently in AWS. 14 years of total experience in software development with 2 years in Amazon AWS.
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and industry lounge. - Amazon HW TPM question For Amazon hardware TPM roles, how crucial is Asia ODM/OEM management experience ? I am a Program manager on preSi side and looking to transition to Amazon TPM w/ no consumer electronics experience. How do I learn the consumer electronics project cycle from a TPM perspective? Appreciate any point
- Failed Google L5 SWE - time to give up SE Didn’t get an offer, but never thought I’d even make it to an on-site. I think I did well enough to be liked as some type of Googler, and I think I’m ready to quit coding. Can anyone at Google suggest an alternative? I like business and customer needs, and also supporting engineers. There are solut
- Can I live carless in Seattle? Planning to get a 0br/1br near downtown seattle for amazon. Is it feasible to live carless? In other words, is seattle walkable/transitable?
- Amazonians: Input about onboarding wanted! My first FANG. TC: 115,000 YOE: 2.5 Long time lurker first time poster! I received an inclined to offer from Amazon. I spoke to three managers in the Ads org. I liked them all. I’m free to pick the team that I like. The only hang up is that they are all pure Java/ Scala jobs and I’m a Rubyist/JavaScripter by tr
- Amazon to Netflix Would love to know if there’s any ex-Amazonians out there that have gone to Netflix? How has the transition been work culture wise and is it just as challenging or even more than Amazon? I know this depends on what team and role you get into, but any insight would be great to hear.
- Should I move to Google from Amazon? I'm currently L5 SDE at amazon. I've been there for almost 2 years. After 1y4m I transitioned to management because my manager left. I'm doing well as a manager and might reach L6 within 1 or 1.5 years and then I can transition to SDE3. I have an offer from Google for L3 (equivalent to SDE1) Engine
- SDE to Robotics viable path Incoming SDE I @ Amazon. 1.5 YOE. TC 160. I have a CS background from undergrad but didn't take classes in robotics. Nor was my prev experience or new team at Amazon doing anything robotics related. I know Amazon has a pretty strong team over at drones, and I'd like to change to that team in the f
- I Belong at Amazon I have a strong desire to be an Amazonian, but have found it exceptionally hard to get a simple phone interview. A few years ago, I joined Microsoft immediately after graduation and was ecstatic. At that time, I didn’t get any bites from Amazon. Not taking the opportunity right in front of me for g
- Those who went from traditional ElecE/CompEng companies like Intel, synopsys to FANG, transition worth it, how to do? Currently at an traditional Intel/amd/synopsys like company doing EDA tools (Sw for chip design tools). Very different from web-tech stuff at FANG/big-n (esp Goog, fb, amzn, msft etc). So, - How did you go about learning all different stuff asked in sysdesign interviews at big-n? - was the trans
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- Amazon TPM L5 to L6 TC Change I understand that at Amazon your TC is often higher if your hired as an L6 as opposed to getting promoted. I’ve been offered the option of transitioning from a program manager role to a TPM role with the expectation of moving from an L5 to an L6 3 months later. I’m trying to gauge what the TC will b
- Manager to IC transition I am a fairly seasoned manager with roughly 4 years of mgmt experience at Amazon. I am pretty good at it but maybe not the best at it. Was an SDE prior to that. I'm kinda done with the incessant politics and bureaucracy and I've been thinking of going back to being an IC. I also miss the coding and
- Would an MBA help Moving from Product Marketing to Product Management ? Hey, I’ve been interested in moving towards product management, primarily at a tech company. I have 6 yoe in product marketing (Microsoft + qualtrics) working closely with PM including being de facto PM on some launches. In reality, there are many PM roles where you don’t need to be very technical
- Starting at Amazon - Tips Don't know if this is impostor syndrome. I'll be working at Amazon pretty soon. Like in a month. I feel like I'm not prepared for what is to come. They gave me a ridiculous top of the line SDE 2 offer. I don't even know what is expected of me. I hope they don't expect me to pull miracles on day 1. W
- Attorney Corporate Counsel at Amazon Hello, there’s always a couple positions at amazon in Los Angeles for an associate corporate counsel open. I was wondering what the work life balance is for an attorney there. I’m debating maybe transitioning from litigation/transactional to full transactional. Is the salary worth it?
- Experiences joining G or F as T6 after AMZN L6 Looking for experiences of people who went to G or F as T6 after being L6 at Amazon. How big of a jump in scope was it? How does it compare in your view to a PE role (L7)? What were the best and worst things about the transition? How quickly did you become productive? --- Obligatory: 420K/14yoe
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- Starting amazon.... any tips?? I will be joining Amazon soon. Any advice what should i do to get well prepared for this transition. I mean from tech point of view. Sde2
- Telecom AE, Advice on breaking into higher paying AE positions? Feeling underpaid Hi guys, I am an Account Executive at Sprint (NYC). I am a top performer blowing out my quota consistently over 450% every month. As an AE at Sprint I sell telecom (obviously) and SaaS solutions such as 365, Gsuite, and cyber security solutions. My salary is very low $49,600 however I am on target t
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and industry lounge. - link AWS Solution Architect interview questions & concepts Please add questions as you see fit. Good luck! #amazon #aws #sa #interview Security IDS encryption at rest/in transit symmetric and asymmetric encryption. Web Application Firewall Vs Firewall? Where are customer encryption keys stored How would you mitigate a DOS? What is identity management? St
- ML experience at small start up? Or SDE at Amzn I'm a data engineer at a start-up with 1yoe. My managers agreed to move me to the ML team even though I don't have experience because they saw I can produce good work as an engineer. The team itself is really talented with a bunch of PhD's working on DARPA contests. Nice people too. I applied to Am
- Amazon SDE L4 Offer (College Hire, Seattle/Bellvue) Hey Blind! I'm a senior in college, and just finished my recruiting process, transitioning from consulting to software engineering (I'm CS/Econ double major at a small, liberal arts college) I got an SDE offer from Amazon, in their Seattle/Bellvue offices and I had some general questions. First of
- Amazon Pivot experience (details and advice included, teams and managers identified) Already happened 3 months ago in EU AMXL, but I want to write it here if anyone finds it helpful in any way. I joined the new team in September last year and only had 2 1:1s during the 4 months period last year but my manager (coutinho@) who has already had almost 12 years tenure at Amazon, told me
- Should I Learn Python, C++, or Java? YEO: 5 TC: 190k I’ve been in the JavaScript/ NodeJS world for five years, and I want start to spend more time focusing on learning a new language. Since diving into CS, and really enjoying it, I want to start transitioning out of web/ front-end. What language should I learn next to help in career
- Two Offers: Weighing Stock Options vs. "Sure Thing" I haven't worked at a startup before, so trying to gauge how likely it is that stock options would work in my favor vs. being a disappointment after 5 years. (Also would appreciate any thoughts about the long-term differences in career path for a DE vs. a PA). I'm currently at Amazon as an L5 BIE.
- Amazon: L7 PMT IC to L7 Sr Mgr PMT How easy is it to do the transition? I am being promised to be able to go from L7 IC to L7 Sr Mgr within 1 year. Generally how much is the TC bump for Sr Mgr PMT? Current TC $550k SF L6 IC Amazon TC $350k Seattle L7 IC
- Asking for a raise 7 yoe TC 102k female Currently, I work as a full stack engineer on a small team of developers. I started at this company as a Linux server engineer but transitioned to a development team this year (no raise with transfer to new team) where I am building software. I have developed some software w
- Transitioning from Semiconductor industry to Cloud/distributed systems? Hi, I have been employed in various Semiconductor companies doing low level to driver level system software work but I feel kinda tired of it and also think opportunities are drying up in the sector because massive consolidation. So looking for a path out of the semi's. Has anyone on her gone throu