Tech IndustryMay 7, 2019
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Bored and unmotivated to work. Need advice

I work in an Amazon subsidiary. Reasons I am bored and unmotivated: 1. Mostly average engineers in the company. Some are plain dumb and yet being promoted, which says a lot about the management. 2. New SDE-2's being brought from outside while neglecting promotion of SDE-1's inside of the company who are performing above their level already. 3. The one's being hired from outside are also of below average quality. They also do the same basic boring work and don't venture into anything new. Most of them lack common sense and the ability to grasp things. They just keep pinging people for "help", but what they're really looking for is the solution straightaway. Someone or the other helps them out of pity or frustration. 3. Projects are boring, use legacy tools and there is ZERO innovation. Didn't do anything I am proud of in my <2 years tenure. 4. Management sucks and lack basic skills. Have no idea how software engineering works. Most of them are in rest and vest mode. Q1: Is this that common in every big company out there? Q2: Is proper Amazon same? Or its just different in a subsidiary from the parent company? Q3: Is it time to switch? Will the new employer take care of the money lost in yearly stocks vested here? TC: 155

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