If you have only 1 yoe, how good is Amazon as a company for pay, future career, learning, and happiness?
Any other FAANG is better.
But is any other FAANG easier to get into than Amazon?
For those who said to avoid Amazon, what is your primary reason? Pay, prestige, or wlb?
Amazon’s new grad hiring bar is really low. Jeff Bezos is a genius making Amazon new grad think they are good while in reality...almost all new grads who have no other offers eventually get an Amazon offer. 1-3 technical phone screens and you’re in as a new grad SWE.
Would you say that among all the FAANG companies, Amazon is the easiest to get into?
Facebook and amazon for new grads/SDE1s. Treat it like a bootcamp and absorb knowledge everywhere, then move to google or Microsoft for a good WLB.
Microsoft ? so low ball
The Microsoft I work for is half the salary twice the work. So be careful what you wish for.
Amazon makes great product. If you want to be part of that then join it. You will learn a lot.
I second this. You'll learn a lot early in your career. It'll be extremely valuable, and you'll get good compensation while you're at it. The pedigree of your resume will go up, and you can transfer to other tech companies later. Amazon has good practices that can help teach good engineering
Amazon has forced attrition, wherein they fire the "bottom" 6-10% of software engineers in each department every year. This has been documented in multiple Blind threads. Sometimes it's referred to as URA or PIP quota. For me, this is enough reason to never join Amazon. But I'll gladly interview with them to try to get an offer for negotiation purposes.
Whish compnay doesn't do that ?
Attrition vs forced attrition. This is a double edged sword. The company is always cutting fatting and removing coasters, but at the same time, from an engineer perspective, you can’t really glide or “rest and vest” I guess.
Amazon is not worth the stress. If you do want to try think of it as a short term stepping stone.
Don't join any company ... Every company has some flaw ... Start your own compnay
🔥 motivation !!!!
That’s 💯% true. Even if you become CEO of Amazon, you will deep down hate your job.