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I don't know if a company without any senior devs is going to make it long term. My point is even with a relatively small amount of experience, I have an unbel
by frankbreetz 5y ago
I don't know if a company without any senior devs is going to make it long term.
My point is even with a relatively small amount of experience, I have an unbelievable amount of opportunity, so I wouldn't take an Amazon job.
If Amazon becomes a revolving door of new grads who are just trying to get a year or two experience and bolt, it will not be good for Amazon as a company and eventually and the Amazon stamp on your resume will loose its prestige, at which point even new grads won't want to work there.
Amazon desperately needs to change its reputation.
- skohan 5y agoDo you actually think this is at risk of happening? I understand the argument you are making, but it seems like Amazon is one of the most successful companies ever, and is absolutely printing money. I'm not saying you are wrong, I just don't know if this reality or whether this is what people wish would be the case for emotional reasons.
- frankbreetz 5y agoYes, absolutely it risk of happening. Lots of huge companies have either gone out of business for less. It's not a binary thing, it's a scale. Fact is Amazon could keep better engineers for longing if they weren't so cut throat and that is not helping them. Will they be able to stay successful regardless of this? Who knows, they will probably become worse at innovation, but they could potentially keep running their store and delivery for a long time without much innovation. You are probably right in regards to emotion, who doesn't want to see a company who treats workers like that fail? I still shop there, it is way too convenient and cheap.
- verdverm 5y agoRE: IBM was the FAANG in the 70s and 80s