I landed an amazon position. It’s a good SDE II offer at 300k TC. At first I felt really good about cracking a “top tier” company. But the more I read here about all their (or lack of) benefits...I cannot help but wonder if Amazon is still all the rage. I worked hard to land this spot...is it still the resume builder it once was? Anyone able to offer any reassurance that this is still a good place to be for a while?
300 bay? Yoe?
300 for SDE2???
Ok...290 actually. I rounded up. But yeah. I’m aware that’s high for II level.
Are you sure you're calculating the actual TC correctly? 290/300k is so far out of band for a Seattle-based SDE2 that I'm not sure you could get that even with a VP exception (there are SDE2s up there, but only because of stock appreciation). That's the middle of the SDE3 (L6) band; 242k is the actual L5 SDE ceiling. Signing bonuses ARE factored into TC calculations here (they "cover" for the back-loaded stock when it comes to reaching your hidden comp target): pay careful attention to the vesting schedule, and be aware that we do not have bonuses or normal refreshers here (you'll generally only start to get refreshers that kick in after your on-hire grant runs out).
I've been at Amazon for 6 years. I've had pretty good teams during my time here so I've been happy with my overall experience. That said, I've heard horror stories from teammates about their previous teams that make my skin crawl. So as most people will probably tell you, a lot of it is team dependent. That, and make sure you're a team player.
Thanks. AWS or Amazon.com?
All retail (Amazon.com). I'm sure you could get some AWS folks to chime in on their experience
300k is 300k
Right? Seattle eats a lot of that...compared to my mid west current location though.
Will u be saving significantly more?
Yes, it’s still Tier 1. Still the resume builder it once was. Not having free food and other random free shit...is fine. Doesn’t make a company any better or worse. Think of the long game. After your first FAANG, your market demand and TC skyrockets. Everything gets better.
That’s what I wanted to hear. Thanks. The little bits of free food and what not...eh. I’ve grown out of it...mostly. Like you say...I’m in it to further the career growth.
Do not join AWS identity team at all cost the VP is a monster everyone is leaving that team.
Perks don’t matter. The scale of amazon surpasses almost every other company in the world. Hell, I was looking at one service dashboard today that has 16 million operations per second. Experience at that scale is what matters. Not stupid perks.
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Where are you currently at? OCI?
OCI...yes. But technically OCIC. The days feel numbered for folks like me.
In Seattle?