Bloomberg vs Amazon

Cerner
lonerWo

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lonerWo
Apr 15, 2020 34 Comments

Offers from Amazon and Bloomberg.
Amazon for SDE1 TC 167k Seattle
Bloomberg for SWE 2020 170k NYC (can’t negotiate)

Know the team in Amazon. Bloomberg will have a bootcamp and team assigned later. Please help choose which and why.

current tc: 80k
yoe: 1

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  • Microsoft / Media
    BigTick

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    BigTick
    Bloomberg. Amazon is not worth it
    Apr 15, 2020 1
  • Samsung
    statarb

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    statarb
    Take Amazon. Bloomberg is a deadbeat place.
    Apr 15, 2020 0
  • Bloomberg / Eng

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    Poll would obviously be biased by west coast crowd. I had offer from both companies. I went with bb.
    Amazon: better Career growth in long term, small chance of getting PIPed, will save more in Seattle, A is cheap af, chance of getting better tech stack

    BB: better wlb, NYC, Job security, not as cheap as A(bb let us fly business class to west-coast/international for conference/interview)

    Also, negotiate if you go with A. I know people getting 190-200k with 1 yoe
    Apr 16, 2020 2
  • Oracle
    jumpship

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    jumpship
    Amazon more growth and also more pip chance...
    Apr 15, 2020 0
  • Nokia
    FPXt31

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    FPXt31
    Amazon will look better on a resume and your growth as an engineer will be 10x at Amazon compared to Bloomberg. That growth should result in you being able to talk about impressive achievements in future job interviews making Amazon experience even more valuable. However you sacrifice work life balance. No pain no gain. If I were you I'd take the learning and growth opportunity when you have just 1 year xp.

    Also cost of living in new York City is much higher than seattle + high taxes. Just something to keep in mind as your Amazon TC actually ~30k higher than your Bloomberg after considering that.
    Apr 15, 2020 2