I am a new grad with ~6 months into my job at AWS. Although my experience has been fairly good so far I for sure know I won’t stay in AWS longer than a year because of WLB and PIP pressure. What should I plan to do in this case? New Grad TC: 170k
What do you mean by pip pressure? PIP pressure is only a Blind’s thing.
Speaking from experience, your L5 promo doesn’t mean anything outside of Amazon. It doesn’t even show up on background checks IIRC. Sure you can put it on your resume, but regardless recruiters will level you on YOE and you can request to interview at a higher level
Look, if you have a visa issue, you should prioritize that first. BUT, if your current team has caused you some serious WLB and mental problems, LC and find the company that offer Canada remote or day one GC. You can find the team inside Amazon as well but you need to be sure that it won't affect your visa. If you don't have a visa issue, I will say enjoy your stay here. Even until today I still think working in AWS is a challenging yet very good experience for a new grad. Aside from coding, you will develop your soft skills. (How to set up a discussion, how to talk to managers and colleagues...) There is definitely a bias on blind about being piped by Amazon. Even if you were piped, just find a new job with your golden resume with AWS on it. Don't worry about it.
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