SDE II at A9 vs L4 at Google - which one would you choose for the same TC and why? I heard that A9 is better than Amazon in general in terms of WLB, teams, etc.. Is that true? Would you consider A9 equivalent to Google, or is one significantly better than the other overall? Does anyone have experience working at both of these?
Google Sunnyvale is cloud and it's a shitshow there.
A9 is a leader in what they do. Really awesome people when I talked with them. GCP is a shitshow in comparison.
And what do they do?
I thought Amazon didn’t use A9 internally?
I interviewed with A9 and while people there said they had WLB not everyone agreed and they told me to not even utter “WLB” to the hiring manager. But then again for all I know, Google could be worse. *shrug*
The WLB is incredible actually. Basically, no one comes in on Friday’s.
Prestige of G cloud is very low internally. You need to work harder for transferring out
Any reasoning?
Google work culture is better than other companies. Amazon work culture is very brutal. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/oct/17/amazon-warehouse-worker-deaths
Maybe google for a longer term benefits, although A9 is a good place too. How many YOE when you got both offers?
A9 search has amazing wlb. Its not like amzn at all. I worked there for a while. From tech stand point in search they are years behind google and you wont learn much and there is no refresher meaning you would earn much less in few years.
This is a no brainer. Answer is Google and it's not even close
I heard that A9 has many smart folks including Ph.Ds. from top schools and many interesting and impactful projects to work on.
A9 is good. Are you the one who will join Google for any shitty team? Google’s bar is much lower now.