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Jul 27, 2020 55 Comments

I accepted offer from Microsoft for sde 2, but have gotten offer from amazon sde 2

Location : HYDERABAD, INDIA

MICROSOFT : 28/6/3/75K RSU over 4 years.

TC for 1 year : 49 Lakhs

AMAZON : 28/17/25 STOCKS OVER 4 YEARS.

TC for 1 year : 48 Lakhs

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I am looking for a place with decent work, preferably something which is not very company specific and more open source. Work life balance is not a priority but taking some time out for yourselves daily should be easy.
The TC looks fine in both and minor difference on that doesn't bother me.


Edit : How long does promotions usually take in both the places like L6 in Amazon vs 63/64 in Microsoft.

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  • New
    jeXu85

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    jeXu85
    Ms my homie. Net 5 is coming out
    Jul 27, 2020 2
  • Google
    WuhanBat

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    WuhanBat
    Choose Amazon if you want to jump again in future. Otherwise choose MS to stay for 10+ years.
    Jul 27, 2020 1
    • Adobe
      hYdjIr

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      hYdjIr
      why is that? Is it that you would not be able to crack interviews after working in msft? Actually I am in similar situation so trying to understand.
      Jan 28, 2021
  • Amazon / Eng
    RmOi55

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    Microsoft
    RmOi55
    Based on my personal experience with MS and Amazon, I'd recommend you join Amazon. You can't go wrong with either, but here's why Amazon is slightly better:
    * more uniform hiring bar across the company (i.e. at MS, collaboration is more challenging because the person in the other team you're dealing with needs to trust that both teams are at the same level of competency. At Amazon, there's less of this mistrust.)
    * slightly more uniform coding infrastructure across the company (i.e. it's easier to change teams within the company if you need to, fewer interviews to handle)
    * Less of "growth mindset", "hit reset", "inclusivity" sort of BS at Amazon. There's the 14 leadership principles, that are used/misused every day and not there simply for rhetoric. I found the BS and pretentiousness at Microsoft unbearable. Amazon knows what they are and doesn't BS about it.
    Jul 27, 2020 0
  • Google
    pin45

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    pin45
    Amazon definitely has a lot of stuff that you can use outside Amazon as well. Good part is they're migrating a bunch of internal things to AWS as well.
    Jul 27, 2020 0
  • Microsoft / Eng
    batman_02

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    batman_02
    Go for Amazon. Much better work and lot to learn.
    Jul 28, 2020 2