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I feel the same way, but I want to caution people: this only works if you have already achieved some measure of success in your career and respect from your pee

I feel the same way, but I want to caution people: this only works if you have already achieved some measure of success in your career and respect from your peers. It's easy to be egoless if you're already working at a FAANG, just as it's easy to not care about money if you're already rich. Still, it's worth trying to remove your ego from the equation, even if you're a struggling student trying to get your first job, just as you should care about things other than money, even if you're poor.

mythhouse 4y ago
> It's easy to be egoless if you're already working at a FAANG Doesn't amazon hire anyone and everyone these days. They gave me a sde3 350k remote aws job after asking similar sets of basic coding questions and some BS called 'leadership principles'. I have hard time believing anyone half competent will fail those interviews.
- theteapot 4y ago
  No.
- CamperBob2 4y ago
  To deliver boxes, yes.
- the_af 4y ago
  > Doesn't amazon hire anyone and everyone these days No.
- GMoromisato 4y ago
  I can't tell if this is a humble brag, impostor syndrome, or just plain trolling. Either way, a tiny bit of research reveals that the median compensation for a software engineer is around $120K, and the set of people making $350K per year is relatively small (top 5-10% of all software engineers). By definition, not everyone can be in the top 10% of their profession. https://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/software-engineer-salary-SRCH_KO0,17.htm https://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/software-engineer-salary-...
  - mythhouse 4y ago
    Not humble bragging or trolling. I had the usual bfs/binary search/trie coding, design instagram and 'tell me about the time' type junk questions and I got offered a L5 position at aws ( you can look at levels for comp) . I am just average def not someone who'd need ego control. I really don't think its really hard to get a job at amazon, they hire in bulk every year to compensate for how much churn they have.
    - GMoromisato 4y ago
      I'm happy for you--seriously. You sound like a talented and down-to-earth person. And it sounds like in your social circle $350K per year is average. That's great (again--seriously). But I can imagine that, for the 80% of software engineers who are making less than $350K, saying "I really don't think its really hard to get a job at amazon" sounds at best clueless and at worst insulting. I really dislike accusations of "privilege", particularly as a way to discount people's personal experience or opinions. I'm not going to wield that here. But at the same time, I think it's helpful to have a clear-eyed view of the world outside our personal bubble.
scarface74 4y ago
I was just as “egoless” the beginning of 2020 when I was an “enterprise architect” working for a 60 person startup with my big house in the burbs as I am now that I stumbled into a cloud consulting job working remotely at BigTech. I had no desire to work for a FAANG as a software developer. I enjoyed being able to work at any level of the software delivery process from pre-sales, talking to the customer, system design, development, “DevOps”, etc. I was not “rich” by any means.

mythhouse 4y ago

> It's easy to be egoless if you're already working at a FAANG Doesn't amazon hire anyone and everyone these days. They gave me a sde3 350k remote aws job after asking similar sets of basic coding questions and some BS called 'leadership principles'. I have hard time believing anyone half competent will fail those interviews.

theteapot 4y ago
No.
CamperBob2 4y ago
To deliver boxes, yes.
the_af 4y ago
> Doesn't amazon hire anyone and everyone these days No.
GMoromisato 4y ago
I can't tell if this is a humble brag, impostor syndrome, or just plain trolling. Either way, a tiny bit of research reveals that the median compensation for a software engineer is around $120K, and the set of people making $350K per year is relatively small (top 5-10% of all software engineers). By definition, not everyone can be in the top 10% of their profession. https://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/software-engineer-salary-SRCH_KO0,17.htm https://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/software-engineer-salary-...
- mythhouse 4y ago
  Not humble bragging or trolling. I had the usual bfs/binary search/trie coding, design instagram and 'tell me about the time' type junk questions and I got offered a L5 position at aws ( you can look at levels for comp) . I am just average def not someone who'd need ego control. I really don't think its really hard to get a job at amazon, they hire in bulk every year to compensate for how much churn they have.
  - GMoromisato 4y ago
    I'm happy for you--seriously. You sound like a talented and down-to-earth person. And it sounds like in your social circle $350K per year is average. That's great (again--seriously). But I can imagine that, for the 80% of software engineers who are making less than $350K, saying "I really don't think its really hard to get a job at amazon" sounds at best clueless and at worst insulting. I really dislike accusations of "privilege", particularly as a way to discount people's personal experience or opinions. I'm not going to wield that here. But at the same time, I think it's helpful to have a clear-eyed view of the world outside our personal bubble.

scarface74 4y ago

I was just as “egoless” the beginning of 2020 when I was an “enterprise architect” working for a 60 person startup with my big house in the burbs as I am now that I stumbled into a cloud consulting job working remotely at BigTech. I had no desire to work for a FAANG as a software developer. I enjoyed being able to work at any level of the software delivery process from pre-sales, talking to the customer, system design, development, “DevOps”, etc. I was not “rich” by any means.