Trying to decide between the following offers Microsoft (Azure Identity) Level 60: Base: 116k Sign On: 20k Stock: 130k over 4 years AWS (EC2 Networking) SDE1: No numbers yet but recruiter mentioned TC would be around 190-200k possibly. My goal is fast career growth and distributed systems learning. Please comment why one or the other. TC: 170k
I would say AWS for growth and comp if it's against Microsoft, but I'm not entirely sure about the org you're joining
Any idea about the following orgs as well? OpenSearch Cloudwatch Logs Other EC2 teams in general (recruiter said I can have my pick)
Amazon for growth and pay
Both worst teams 😂. Good part is , both recession proof teams. You can work forever in ms identity team . For stability during this market I say go with ms identity
What’s bad about Identity?
On call. They are probably the most used product on the planet. they are down, everyone is down.
EC2 networking is a really good org. Good product and lots of impact. I would chose that.
Have you worked there before?
Yes I have
You will regret joining Amazon
Those groups at AWS do some great stuff. The only problem is that they are pretty much Tier 1 services and you'll do 80% on call/ops work especially as a SDE 1. WLB was not great but you'll learn a lot.
Don’t understand the blind hate for Amazon. Op asked for growth and learning still blind votes for Microsoft