Startups for an Amazon Senior engineer.

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awssde

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awssde
Jul 6, 2018 11 Comments

Been in Amazon for 10+ years, haven’t sold a single Amazon stock (except for taxes) - so financially I don’t have to work a day more considering my frugal lifestyle; Amazon isn’t what it used to be and am considering a change. What are some interesting startups in Seattle area - looking for new set of challenges / business that hasn’t been solved in Amazon.
Of course I have spoken to many startups where ex Amazonians are there but the scale and scope of challenges isn’t something that’s unique that an internal transfer in Amazon wouldnt provide.

Anyone tried Blue Origin / SpaceX etc. Any other interesting problems to solve?
Anything else socially relevant / important?

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  • Lyft
    dkgjsk

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    dkgjsk
    10+ years? Fund your own startup maybe?
    Jul 6, 2018 0
  • Amazon / Eng
    acef

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    acef
    I'm curious to know - when are you planning to sell?

    Why didn't you sell any amzn stocks until now?
    Jul 6, 2018 1
    • Amazon
      awssde

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      awssde
      OP
      Never bought a house (now considering buying one by selling some stocks), didn’t have any major expenses for my frugal lifestyle, my hobbies are low expense ones (hiking, running, volunteering etc).
      Jul 6, 2018
  • Target / Eng
    tWGu71

    Go to company page Target Eng

    PRE
    Amazon, sony, Accenture
    tWGu71
    Kudos to you! Blue Origin has a much higher bar than Amazon. I would suggest a non-profit with a mission you can get behind, they would be excited to have you!
    Jul 6, 2018 0
  • Hey I’m ex-Amazon here, then Microsoft. Got bored of both and now doing my own startup after our idea got accepted by top 10 incubator program. We are at 2MM valuation and we have paying fortune 50 customer. We are building moonshot enterprise software and have high chances to raise series A or Seed round. If you help change the enterprise Ecommerce world, PM me.
    Jul 6, 2018 0
  • Apple / Eng
    cho Chang

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    cho Chang
    Uber, Airbnb, Lyft, and Pinterest all got offices in Seattle
    Jul 6, 2018 1
    • Amazon
      awssde

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      awssde
      OP
      Thanks - looking for real “startups”, no unicorns / larger ones. Someplace with less than couple of hundred employees if it is a tech firm. Or a place that solves quite moonshot challenges or something socially impactful.
      Jul 6, 2018