I don't know anything about Amazon. What are they like to work for?
May 23, 2017
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New to the tech industry after working years in another sector. Amazon is interested in hiring me, but I'm not familiar with how they treat their employees and how innovative they are as a company. Can you help?
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It's going to depend on whether you like working. If you do you can have a big impact and you will do well. If you have a crappy work ethic then Amazon isn't for you. Note this doesn't mean long hours. It means actually working when you're at work. We move fast.
It's also a very collaborative company, the leadership stuff is real. If you're an awesome coder but you don't get along with people Amazon isn't for you. If you don't mind reaching out to people to get yourself unblocked it's a place you'll love. If that seems like something you hate doing or figure you should be handed detailed requirements on a silver platter or you think someone else's mistake is an excuse for you to fail then you will struggle.
It's a meat grinder.
Source: I worked at AWS for a year and burned out completely.