Is Snap Engineering culture amazoning?

Nov 20, 2017 27 Comments

Since most upper level management at Snap are from Amazon, I am wondering if the Engineering culture is the same as amazon.

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  • Airbnb
    whey2go

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    whey2go
    and what’s the engineering culture at amazon like?
    Nov 20, 2017 8
    • Amazon / Eng
      Hooliganss

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      Hooliganss
      Doesn’t most of Amazon’s cash flow come from AWS?
      Nov 20, 2017
    • Amazon
      UJVs78

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      UJVs78
      Retail was the origin. That is where the work style would've originated. I added the text in the brackets to point towards origin of the business, but now when I reread, it doesn't convey what I meant.
      Nov 20, 2017
  • Snapchat / Eng
    GoSnappy

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    GoSnappy
    Absolutely 100%. It has been that way for a very very long time. It's also very top down and design drive (i.e. If you aren't a designer, don't expect to influence the product).

    Inb4 Snap shills like camera-co and other users hop in to spam report my comment to get it taken down.
    Nov 20, 2017 12
  • Our head of engineering is gone now. We have two heads of engineering, one from google (leads our sf office) and one from amazon (leads la office). Both report to Evan (ceo) directly. It’s too early to say how things will pan out, but things are visibly changing for the better.
    Nov 22, 2017 4