I am expecting an L5 offer from amazon alexa team at sunnyvale. Is moving from uber to amazon step forward? How is work culture in alexa team, sunnyvale? How easy is it to do internal transfer? Do I need to go thru the interview loop again?
What’s the offer look like ?
Go to Seattle if you’re doing amazon
Isn’t it a step down?
What’s the upside going to Amazon? The vesting schedule sucks. Google or Facebook makes better sense if you were to leave for a public company
People always say the vesting schedule Sucks, but they make up for it with huge cash starting bonuses.
Exactly. These people are saying they don't like cash.
Step down
Bro... come on ! Unless you know and are excited about the problem space. Last I heard Alexa has many many engineers and few end up just writing routines/ actions . Make sure you will part of the core.
What is the money like
Amazon is cutthroat and intense culture. Pros and cons. Not necessarily a step down, depends on whether you like the product you are going to work on. Uber is now a very employee friendly company, be prepared for a reverse shock at Amazon.
Agree with employee friendly, they are really working hard in changing the culture! Way to go!!
Cut throat in terms of brute force labor. The engineering bar is really low and most team don't do a lot development wise. So much time is spent doing Ops, fixes, on call, alarm tweaks.
I would take a good team and growth potential at Uber over Amazon any day! As someone else said, the grass looks greener, but you may be in for a reverse shock. Now Uber-> Facebook/Google. That’s a different story. The premium for working at hq of a company is significant in career growth.
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