The prestige and respect, and most importantly, the 200K-300K+ salary you got, did it change your life to the point it made you much happier? Did it change your happiness the way you thought it would?
Absolutely not π
Amazon is gateway company to get into top-tech
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Yes
The pay is good. What is better, that I could not live without is thisβ¦I know my efforts are multiplied by the organization around me to create impacts I would never achieve in a smaller organization. Weβve built a $200m business from scratch. Anywhere else that would be a huge achievement. At Amazon the question is, when will you finally go big?
Not the way I thought it would. More stressed probably because of how hard I worked for it, now trying to prove to myself that I deserved it. Would I do it all over again? yes, but ask me again a few years from now.
I often ask myself this. Would I still wanna work at top tech companies, or only consider them as potential employer. Would priorities shift if I get married/kids. Rest and vest vs chasing challenging work.
Yes. The difference being confidence and self-respect. Immense confidence to drop everything tommorow and come back into the job market after 2 years and still find a really good gig just because of a name in the CV. This feeling is very liberating. From a no-name company with almost 0 traction to CV. Currently talking to startups, FB and top companies which seemed unreachable before entering top-tech. Finally the network at top-tech is rewarding.
I canβt wait until I get to that point
Idk about happier but it definitely took some worries off like gathering a downpayment for a house.
It made me happier because of the nice people here, not because of the prestige / respect / TC
this
She's nice because she's rich. Hell, if I had all this money. I'd be nice, too! - from movie Parasite. This is the niceness at top-tech.
Yes
Yes, money is good and validation that you are decent (most likely). Also the fact that you can now land at least an interview at any company you want with a top company on your resume. Feels good
No he is not.