Hi friends, I recently got an offer as SDE 2 in Amazon. I am planning to have kid within next 1 year. Do you think I should be able to handle the stress when I am pregnant? Has anyone in Amazon been in a similar situation? If it helps my pay will increase by 2x.
Not a good idea. On the other hand, you don’t have to push too hard with all those added stress.
People on blind can be drama queens. I've been at Amazon greater than 8 years. WLB is fine, there are a few bad teams.
You will be fine. If your team is stressful, move to another. WLB varies greatly from team to team.
It's not as bad as ppl say. I manage several SDEs, and I doubt they hate me lol
Are you sure?
Dress your baby as a dog, and you will be fine.
You’ll be fine, you’re not pregnant yet, no need to start panicking. See how’s the stress level in the team and worst case leave to another one, look for possible plan Bs. Always a good idea is to save the extra money now for emergency fund.
As much as you wish to plan, some things in life are difficult. Babies are miracles. Just prioritize what’s important in your life, and you’ll be just fine.
There‘s never a „good time to have kids“. It will always be stressful. Just go for it.
Obviously it depends on the team but I wouldn't worry about it. My team was fine - when I was pregnant they moved stand ups to a conference room so I wouldn't feel awkward being the only one sitting, they scheduled meetings around my pumping schedule when I returned, etc. There was one idiot PM who kept trying to get meeting moved to times I needed to pump and my manager brought it up before I even said anything. As long as the people you work with are not jerks you'll be fine. If they are jerks, switch teams ASAP whether or not you're pregnant.
5’6” will be so excited!
What is this joke ?
How does pay increase by having a kid?