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0 pointsamf125y ago0 comments

> I don't think it's about growing fast so much as, from those I talked to, Amazon now has a fairly bad reputation in the tech community.

My personal observation having known quite a few Amazon SWEs and interviewed them.

The bad rep is only for the junior roles. SWEs who work at AWS and are high L5+ are pretty solid.

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akhilcacharya5y ago

What exactly does high L5+ mean?

amf12OP5y ago

SWEs who weren't just recently promoted to L5 at Amazon. They have some experience at that level. Granted, there could be some bias because it's not easy to pinpoint when they were promoted.

akhilcacharya5y ago

As a recently promoted L5, what bad rep should I be shielding myself from as a junior?

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0 pointsamf125y ago0 comments

> I don't think it's about growing fast so much as, from those I talked to, Amazon now has a fairly bad reputation in the tech community.

My personal observation having known quite a few Amazon SWEs and interviewed them.

The bad rep is only for the junior roles. SWEs who work at AWS and are high L5+ are pretty solid.

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akhilcacharya5y ago

What exactly does high L5+ mean?

amf12OP5y ago

SWEs who weren't just recently promoted to L5 at Amazon. They have some experience at that level. Granted, there could be some bias because it's not easy to pinpoint when they were promoted.

akhilcacharya5y ago

As a recently promoted L5, what bad rep should I be shielding myself from as a junior?

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse