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So, not too far off from your number. "Off by factor of 3.9 -- so not too far off from your number". Is that how engineers talk at Amazon? Or is this the pri
by akhmatova 4y ago
So, not too far off from your number.
"Off by factor of 3.9 -- so not too far off from your number". Is that how engineers talk at Amazon? Or is this the privilege of management types, only?
- saulpw 4y ago17,000 per quarter = 68,000 per year
- akhmatova 4y agoThe reason I misread that as "per year" as the quarterly figure can't possibly be right. Going by federal compliance reports, for example - they just don't have that 68k engineers, total (in 2022, let alone when that number was passed down to you).
- turtledove 4y agoTech jobs encompasses CS grads in roles beyond just engineer. Amazon experiences attrition rates of 30% per year plus a 5% rate of "top grading" mandated every six months. So right away, we're looking at tens of thousands of roles to fill if there is zero growth. I don't know why you think these numbers are so wildly impossible if you look at the number of tech roles and Amazon's growth rates pre pandemic.
- akhmatova 4y agoI don't know why you think these numbers are so wildly impossible if you look at the number of tech roles pre-pandemic. And that number was what, specifically? Going by which source? So right away, we're looking at tens of thousands of roles to fill if there is zero growth. I can totally imagine they have 10k+ actual tech rolls to fill per year; just not 68k, and probably not even half that number. Even assuming their ridiculous (and artificially accelerated) attrition rates.