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My experience is completely different from yours in regards to every single point you make. Working at a big company (amazon) has increased my salary significa
by argc 9y ago
My experience is completely different from yours in regards to every single point you make. Working at a big company (amazon) has increased my salary significantly, made me better technically, and noticeably made it easier for me to find a job elsewhere afterwards (this could be because my technical skill were better afterwards, and I had more experience). Additionally, I actually loved my team at Amazon. My manager was incredibly empathetic and caring, far more than any managers I have had at smaller companies before. I just wanted to provide a different perspective, and show that generalizing about companies, especially large ones, is a bad idea and often grossly incorrect. Your experience and the people you talked to (likely) represent a very small part of the whole company.
- cheeze 9y agoI had a similar experience there. There were parts of the company that seemed like they sucked, but my experience was only positive and put me in a position to learn a ton from strong engineers while building my skills up and making a good amount of money. When I started, I made less than some of my friends who chose startups, but two years out of college I was making more than almost anybody I knew. I might not have worked on my passion in specific there, but I had a great time, learned a ton, and IMO set myself up for a great trajectory in my career. Like most other large companies, YMMV depending on where you're at.