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Big size, low barrier to entry (especially at SDE-1 level) Source: work at Amazon
by yitianjian 6y ago
Big size, low barrier to entry (especially at SDE-1 level)
Source: work at Amazon
- akhilcacharya 6y agoI'm also an SDE1 at Amazon and find this extremely insulting, what the hell man
- whimsicalism 6y ago> find this extremely insulting, what the hell man I find it somewhat astonishing that you would be extremely insulted by the exclusion of your employer from some arbitrary acronym. It's well known that Amazon hiring standards are the lowest of FAANG, just like G's hiring standards are lower than N (as a whole). That doesn't mean that everyone who is an SDE1 at Amazon is less talented than everyone who is an L3 at Google, it's just different means.
- akhilcacharya 6y agoThe whole 20% comment makes me think you’re being a little disingenuous about the idea that we are not less talented.
- whimsicalism 6y agoI am not being at all disingenuous in any of the statements I'm making. The "20% comment" was the one above me, I was just responding to it. The average Amazon engineer is less talented than the average Google engineer. That is what I was saying. I wasn't making any claim about how talented you are or aren't!
- akhilcacharya 6y agoThe exclude amazon is the issue - I’m sorry but do you not see the contradiction in the last 3 sentences? When you make broad generalizations like that you’re also broadly calling people like me lesser. You realize that right?
- mav3rick 6y agoDo you even math ? That's not how on average works ?
- akhilcacharya 6y agoHow is it not how an average works? They haven't exactly demonstrated that the average is lowered by significantly less talent on the low end, so I'm here assuming they mean everyone at Amazon is just slightly less talented. Any other view is just charity. It's insulting, and I'm glad they were downvoted for it.
- mav3rick 6y agoYou might be the best engineer at Amazon better than 90% of Googlers. Your peers may bring your average down. Notice how you come ahead in this scenario. Amazon pays less, less perks, backloads equity as handcuffs. There is a reason top talent decides to go elsewhere.
- akhilcacharya 6y agoPlease don't disrespect my peers like that. > There is a reason top talent decides to go elsewhere In what way are we not top talent? Cite examples.
- mav3rick 6y agoYou were downvoted as well. Why don't you just transfer to FANG if "brand" is important to you ? Saying you work for Amazon isn't going to impress your friends and relatives.
- akhilcacharya 6y ago> Saying you work for Amazon isn't going to impress your friends and relatives. Do you have any proof of this?
- mav3rick 6y agoHe doesn't understand stats. Don't worry about it.