Ask HN: What can an experienced engineer uniquely learn by joining AWS?

2 pointsreddygaru6y ago4 comments

I work at a well known company in the Bay area. I make close to 380k, subject to market conditions.

I sometimes get bored by doing run of the mill backend work like building APIs, gRPC, etc.

I am seriously considering joining AWS as senior SDE. Is there anything I can learn uniquely by joining AWS?

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pinewurst6y ago· 2 in thread

How a truly abusive work culture feels from the inside?

How to memorize "principles" and use them as tools to advance yourself and sabotage others?

Unless you're looking for a post-grad credential in sociopathy, find another cloud vendor or infrastructure provider that's more benign.

I know there might be more ops load and the bar is high to perform.

But is it really cut-throat in terms of co-workers trying to sabotage each other?

(Edit: ok not formal, but "Connections/Anytime Feedback/Forte" does that job well enough and effectively anonymously)

Oh yeah - including a system for anonymous denunciations.

Also please consider the average (very short!) tenure there.

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