Anybody known anything about the Amazon Alexa Privacy org in Arlington, VA? Culture, WLB, nature of work, etc? I got contacted by them recently for an SDE position. TC: $200k #tech #alexa
Why leave FB for Amazon?
Mostly location, I’m trying to go back to Virginia, or at least the East Coast.
FBDC is hiring like crazy
Extremely chill environment. We don’t make revenue. Just basic internal tools to keep lawsuits at bay
Interesting. Like tools to deal with CCPA requests and similar privacy issues? “Extremely chill” exists at Amazon? What’s the tech stack?
Yup. And much more. All teams are relatively new so chill environment. Not much ops in most teams in comparison to retail, aws Java,python in naws
run, Big changes coming in next few months in Alexa, it’s a fucking shit show, try to transfer etc Also bit of advice don’t tell anybody your thinking of transferring no matter how nice they seem. Snitches everywhere bc of the cut throat culture. You will get pip immediately to Prevent you from transferring. Message other teams managers directly and ask for a informal interview to see what options are out there. To say you don’t want to risk throwing things off with your team. Other team managers will get the clue and realize you got a bad manager and do a informal interview. Then give you a offer by email etc then do the official process and it’s to late for your manager to try to block you. I’ve even had managers offer to get HR involved when asking for informal without me asking bc they know the deal. Also always keep In mind these big companies aren’t everything. They r good for experience and big company name on your resume. However once you got some experience plenty of other nice companies that pay the same if not more and great work life balance. Also in lot lower cost of living areas with lot cheaper housing allowing you to retire a lot earlier and HAPPIER. Don’t get sucked Into the cult mentality Amazon are FAANG is all there is
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Yes, that’s what the new HQ2 building in Arlington looks like. And the org?