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It's not "bullshit" if other people's experiences are not your own, unless you can claim to have worked in every job role and every team at Amazon. You should
by brown9-2 11y ago
It's not "bullshit" if other people's experiences are not your own, unless you can claim to have worked in every job role and every team at Amazon.
You should really consider that as a SDE in AWS, you probably have one of the most prized roles in the company and therefore are perhaps treated the best.
Not every team is in the cloud services business. Retail orgs have to necessarily run with as little expense as possible.
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- amazonthrowaway 11y agoI don't think the description of people's experiences is bullshit. I can only speak for what I've witnessed in the company, which is a fair amount. However, there are cases where the writers clearly misconstrue things or take things out of context. See, for instance, their treatment of Bezos' Princeton commencement speech, highlighted above. So I don't see the article as an even-handed description of Amazon's corporate culture. When I look at the totality of David Streitfeld's reporting, I think he has an agenda when it comes to Amazon.
- amznawsthrow 11y agoWhile being in AWS is "prized", it also comes with a LOT more pressure. I now work on the Retail side and if anything feel less pressure, but do not feel any less appreciated.