Tech IndustryJun 11, 2019
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What companies have relaxed work so I can use my weekdays for personal projects?

At Amazon, I do not get time to work on my personal projects. I miss the quality time I used to spend on my personal projects. They used to be my foundation of technical expertise at work. There's just so much work in a two week sprint and the constant fear (in my mind) of not being in the bottom 10% because everyone else working their ass off. Weekends time, outside of on-calls, is insufficient considering so many things to do at home and I have a family. TC: 240K

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Twitter hodgesodge Jun 11, 2019

So you're saying you are too busy working during the day and don't have the chance to not work? .... Yeashhhh

Zillow Group Sr. Troll Jun 11, 2019

Become a PM

Google əๅɓoo⅁ Jun 11, 2019

I suppose most of them are better than Amazon. From personal experience, at Oracle I could spend as much time as I wanted on anything. At Google I am seeing half of my coworkers doing exactly nothing (zero code written in a year).

Zillow Group Sr. Troll Jun 11, 2019

I hear is big daycare over there

VMware ItsAlrite Jun 12, 2019

Which org is like this? I heard some orgs have worse WLB than Amazon, for ex GCP

Microsoft stpD71 Jun 11, 2019

Come to Microsoft office team

Microsoft YuGiOh Jun 12, 2019

Nooooooo we really don't need more slackers

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AT&T DisUser Jun 12, 2019

What's y'all's pay scale like for SWE? At ATT, it's shit.

eBay ebabe Jun 11, 2019

eBay

Microsoft dugdig Jun 11, 2019

Microsoft Windows or Office related orgs

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newfotune Jun 11, 2019

I just accepted an offer at Amazon. I still love my personal projects. Is this a common theme across Amazon? Grind at all times?

Snapchat eeXB43 Jun 12, 2019

It is

Amazon lgtmshipit Jun 12, 2019

It's the norm, but there are some exceptions.

Snapchat eeXB43 Jun 12, 2019

same experience i had in Amazon, but I had so much passion for my project I spent my extra time on that eventually quit.

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newfotune Jun 12, 2019

How many hours do you think you were putting in at Amazon weekly? 45 ish?

Snapchat eeXB43 Jun 12, 2019

55 ish

Oracle Burnol Jun 12, 2019

Personal projects == Leetcode?