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Amazon has famously high turnover, doesn't it? I wonder how much their investment in docs is downright critical to keeping the ship afloat—otherwise people leav
by spondylosaurus 2y ago
Amazon has famously high turnover, doesn't it? I wonder how much their investment in docs is downright critical to keeping the ship afloat—otherwise people leave and take all their knowledge with them. But if it's written down you can pass the torch.
- iLoveOncall 2y agoAfter working there for 6 years, I haven't seen a single up to date design doc. At best a high level diagram. They are outdated as soon as implementation start, by different degrees depending on the project. Side note but I think this average tenure number hasn't been updated in a very long time. In London for example, a third of employees have been here for more than 5 years.
- dbish 2y agoUS (where bulk of employees are) is still pretty close to 2 years unless that changed a lot in just a few years (I was a sr. dev manager there and worked there for around 6.5 yrs). This is pretty similar to the rest of big tech though except for Microsoft. England and Europe in general is a bad comparison since they have fewer options and very different working expectations.