Tech IndustryApr 28, 2019

Work for Amazon Alexa or Prime Video?

Looking at these teams in LA area. Anyone have opinion of these teams? Amazonians, which would you rather work for? Hearing bad things about Video on here but not as much on Alexa. SDE, tc 110

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makeitbig Apr 28, 2019

Alexa of course

Amazon wassup! Apr 28, 2019

Video

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qip Apr 28, 2019

When you find yourself choosing between two bad options, seek out a third.

Edmunds.com enghza OP Apr 28, 2019

Point taken, haha

Amazon bandersnatch Apr 28, 2019

The Alexa teams I know of in LA are difficult to work in and not doing the most interesting work for Alexa overall. I don't know much about the work Video does in LA. They're both good businesses and you'll learn a lot either way.

Redfin maxbass Apr 28, 2019

Neither, hope you're ready for long on call nights and miserable misguided management.

Amazon šŸŖcutter Apr 28, 2019

Alexa. Run away from video.

Edmunds.com enghza OP Apr 28, 2019

Ouch.

Amazon twitch. Apr 28, 2019

Which Alexa team is it in LA?

Amazon Gjdyveycc4 Apr 28, 2019

Video more respected and better perks. Alexa good WLB

MobilityWare NoMw75 Apr 28, 2019

Itā€™s Alexa Mobile team, the team that works on the app. For instance thereā€™s a specific team that just works on the ā€œSettingsā€ section on the app. Itā€™s built on React Native if you want to know the tech. The scale the team has to deal with is pretty interesting and amazing, think of how much load they need to handle post holiday (prime day and Xmas) when everyone opens up their alexa devices and fire up the app for setup. A huge hit to all the AWS services they use (like dynamoDB). Alexa overall is growing pretty fast, although profitability still needs to be proven out (like how do devs really monetize this new format?). If you want to work on devices, Ring (also Amazon) is right next door. Although, apparently all the SM groups will relocate to new offices in Culver City later.