I'm currently an L5 DevOps Consultant at Amazon (AWS). I've been working at Amazon for the past 11 months. Before Amazon I used to work as a Cloud Infrastructure Consultant at Microsoft. I left Microsoft when I was about to become a level 61. I joined Amazon as an L4 and 6 months in got encouraged to apply for promotion and became an L5. Now Microsoft has asked me to join back and extended me an offer for a Cloud Solutions Architect level 63. Is it a good career move to take the job? #Amazon - Current TC: Base 141K, 48 RSUs which are around 90K but can't have them till another 3 years. Vesting at Amazon is 5%, 10%, 15%, 15%, 15%... per year respectively. I also got a 50K sign in bonus for year 1 and year 2 so that's ending in 2021. #Microsoft - Offer: Base 160K, 17K stock vesting over 4 years so 25% each year, Bonus is avg 30% with 22.5 % being CBI and 7.5% being rbi (~48K), sign in bonus of 10K and level 63 My overall post undergrad career has been of almost 5 years. I have already acquired a Master's degree and overall perform good. I like Amazon. I have learned so much new stuff with them and it's all great. That said, I also like Microsoft a lot and sometimes I miss some people there. Beyond the salary difference, I'm very enticed by the level in the offer. Any advice on this is welcomed. Trying to make a final decision on this by tomorrow. Thanks in advance everyone!
Isn’t Solution Architect at MS also a client facing consulting role?
Read the thread, we covered that already and the answer is yes
Read it - op says consulting is what’s he’s been doing now. So how is the new job different is what I was wondering.
17K or 170K??
Right? $17k seems low af
The stock is 17K
$3 million in stock!? That's an amazing offer!
PMed you. Want to know if you can help me by referring. Need to move out of amazon. Don’t like the team here. Trying to change the team but looks like a long shot.
Wait so the stock is 17K RSU? So over all 3mil + after 4 years?
What did you end up choosing??
In the same boat as you .. would love to chat more on the numbers.
Hi, I have the same interview next week(3 interview rounds) so I am wondering what type of interview question that I should prepare, and can you share any details about ur interview process? Thanks in advance.
I mean since you having worked at both places in similar roles have WAY more insight than most of us on Blind. Are you looking for more of a confirmation of your decision? It seems you already have made up your mind.
I'm unsure. I like both places. Part of me says the Microsoft offer would be great because I would be back as a level 63 which is a way huge growth that I would've never gotten that fast had I never left. Plus going from Consultant to Architect sounds great. On the other hand I like Amazon s lot too and I feel weird on what would happen should I leave given that I haven't even finished my 1st year there yet. Also it's not like I'm doing bad at Amazon. I'm actually doing great and people like my work.
If you’re doing well then why leave? The title architect is really not that big of a deal. There are new grad solutions architects at both companies. It’s just a different type of work.