AWS vs Slalom offer - SA vs ProServ
Currently juggling 2 offers, thinking of moving from a major bank to a new role. AWS Cloud roles. Experience: Solution Architect / DevOps Engineer (50/50 split between architecture & coding) YOE: 4 Location: Canada Offer 1 - AWS - Solution Architect Associate (pre-sales SA) Base / Bonus: 105k RSU: 41 Vacation: 3 weeks Travel: 25% Offer 2 - Slalom - DevOps Engineer (post-sales Professional Services) Base: 130k Vacation: 4 weeks Travel: 10%, 90% Remote Bonus: 10% WLB is fairly similar, although AWS might be worse. Slalom is a decent sized boutique consulting firm around AWS, GCP Cloud technology. I'd get a ton of exposure at Slalom and use new technologies, meet clients for initial engagements, then return home and work through the client projects. AWS on the other hand, brand name, more travel and pre-sales SA. #offer #aws #amazon #solutionarchitect #devops Future opportunities - both roles move into Faang or top tier companies. Slalom has been poached into Nvidia, Google, AWS etc and AWS has movement to other Faangs / companies. Appreciate any thoughts! My main concern is working in boutique consulting, however, i've talked to many past employees and they enjoyed the work and exposure to many client engagements.
Location of the aws offer? If you're interested in cloud, AWS has a much better brand name than Slalom. Every exit from my team has gone to Facebook or google
Canada. That's good to hear, are these exit opps in pre-sales SA roles or developers? I'm aiming for more a post-sales role, where we assist clients to develop out the solutions.
What type of roles they got into @ Google or FB ?
Keep in mind that Slalom is a management consulting co (management being the key word there), so you will get pushed around and pressured on tech projects by MBAs with little to no tech experience and an absent moral compass.
Not true Slalom isnt Deloitte
Oh rly? It's the destination for washed up Deloitte employees Mr/Ms Current Slalom Manager. I wouldn't say it if I didn't experience it firsthand.
Know many people that leave slalom after 1 year
Why is that
Here’s the truth. If you left Amazon for Slalom you boss and the customer presales people (solution principal or whatever made up word they’re using now) would describe you to clients as a really talented “former Amazon engineer”. If you left Slalom for Amazon no one would think to mention the no name firm you came from. If you don’t have a FAANG stamp on your resume yet it’s worth getting one just to have it.
Yeah, if you had read the post, I was considering the 2 offers. What i ended up taking was Slalom back then and have never looked back! Honestly, it was probably the right decision as the exposure to cloud agnostic tooling and software was my main focus which I wouldn't have gotten in a traditional SA (associate) role at AWS. Faang might be in the cards down the line, but currently i see myself moving from DevOps consulting to a product / SaaS position in the future. Something where i see the fruits of my labor end to end. The tech consulting was gap fill to ramp up my exposure to multiple technologies and stacks in a quick amount of time
How did you enjoy your time at slalom thinking of taking a role there myself
AWS
AWS also has a big proserve org too FWIW.
I'm aware of that, however coming as a SAA then moving into ProServ may be a difficult internal transition. I've heard AWS ProServ also has less WLB compared to other ProServ Faangs
I dunno where you heard either of that but thats not true lol