tolth

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   by tolth 8y ago

   Sounds like a great way to retain the most mediocre members of staff.
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   by tolth 8y ago

   I don't know if these are actually great feats. Are you sure you've achieved enough success to be giving others advice?
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   by tolth 8y ago

   My cofounder who led the application will be doing so in a moment! Thanks.
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   by tolth 8y ago

   How about making this up to those of us who got false-acceptance emails by providing some feedback on our applications?
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   by tolth 8y ago

   Got the same. Wow.
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   by tolth 8y ago

   Are any of those pieces of advice particularly novel? I mean it's accurate, but not groundbreaking stuff.
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   by tolth 8y ago

   I genuinely do not understand why they don't do this. Bezos either has some sort of master plan relating to a high-turnover staff model or is delusional about the true culture underneath him. I don't know which.
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   by tolth 8y ago

   Anyone who could elaborate is NDA'd. In general, though, Amazon is always kind of starved for engineering resources. It sucks so much to work at in so many of its teams that it has a colossal retention problem and, one would expect, th
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   by tolth 8y ago

   Also, Amazon's retail teams rely on CCC because it's more accurate than their own tools.