First 90 days as aws SA

Microsoft / Eng
tc350

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Dec 24, 2021 14 Comments

Do SA meet customers during first 90 days? If not, what do they do?

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  • Amazon
    flip17

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    flip17
    You go through an on boarding program .. you may shadow other SAs and pick a few things ..
    Dec 24, 2021 11
    • Amazon
      flip17

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      flip17
      Pip is not as crazy as it is on the SDE side .. you’ll get ample time to onboard .. you have to perform really poorly to get in to pip on the SA side .. as long as you get a customer and they’re happy, you’ll mostly be fine ..
      Dec 24, 2021
    • Amazon / Eng
      Av0cado

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      Av0cado
      What flip said ^^^^
      It's painfully obvious if you're not cut out for an SA role. If you like what you do you'll never be close to PIP by default.
      Dec 28, 2021
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    ab68273

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    ab68273
    I did not get the 90 days and was instead thrown into customer calls.my manager was old school and said he didn't get any ramp so neither does anyone else. You're lucky to have this time use it wisely!
    Dec 28, 2021 0
  • Amazon / Eng
    Av0cado

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    Av0cado
    There's 3 months basic onboarding. You'll learn how, why, and similar. There will be an internal program (3 sessions) where you have to pass on a board of your peers to show you can talk AWS with customers.
    Once you pass you'll be put in front of your customers - solo, or with mentor, shadow, part of event,etc. There will be further 3-6 month training where you'll learn more advanced stuff.
    No nasty surprises, pretty easy to follow. The difficult part is that there so much to learn.
    Your human side and social skills are the most important. Everything else can be taught and learned.
    It's difficult to learn how to be a good person at 25. Or 35. Or whenever. SA org doesn't discriminate by age from what I've seen.
    Dec 28, 2021 0