What is Amazon actually like as an engineer? (by ex-Amazonians)

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Rahul Pandey

Күн бұрын

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@derekcarday 4 ай бұрын

I worked at Amazon as a SDE and it was truly terrible.

@anthonyleong4238 28 күн бұрын

I assumed you were going to say incredible, but I had to read it a second time.

@gnargnargnar 4 ай бұрын

We had a lot of Amazon product people join our smaller startup (~200). The culture rapidly changed from casual + friendly + effective, to CYA + optics + competition + stress from artificial deadlines. Net negative.

@roninihanini 4 ай бұрын

😮😢

@marcialabrahantes3369 4 ай бұрын

y'all had the control but didn't manage it right

@StevenMaese 4 ай бұрын

Competition and stress are underrated. Amazon is a place for performers. I would agree that it's not casual but that's a good thing. Amazon gets things done. I would think any startup would want a performance based culture.

@xamael1989 4 ай бұрын

@StevenMaese 😂😂😂 so others are not performing thats some dumb comment

@Krish-hk1bt 4 ай бұрын

agree, same happened at my company, they jump in quickly , and think they are from heaven and look down on us like rats

@codeintherough 4 ай бұрын

The crossover we've all been waiting for

@ruben_12 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the chat! It was lots of fun. Looking forward to the next videos in this series!

@lequdindoquede78 4 ай бұрын

I was an SDE 2 at Amazon for 2 years, terrible culture and managers, some engineers can't code at all. don't join

@dabitcoinbandit3553 4 ай бұрын

Pay must have been amazing

@Ghosty716 4 ай бұрын

Was the pace and load insane?

@faizanahmed9304 4 ай бұрын

Thanks Rahul! Your analysis was spot on.

@oopsgaming7111 4 ай бұрын

I believe more people would contribute if you promise anonymity but still verify their credentials just so it isn't some pretend engineer. Imagine what truth can people say when they are anonymous.

@JagjitBrawler 4 ай бұрын

I think he gives them an option to remain anonymous. For his google and fb interviews I remember at least 1-2 of them were anonymous

@chanrox69 4 ай бұрын

I was in a similar state in a different company working on a framework with no documentation and something that's non transferable to different company. All I did was quit and work on some open source projects and my own startup

@bong17359 4 ай бұрын

Sounds like not a good place to be. I wonder what they would say if they were anonymous

@chocolateearrings 4 ай бұрын

Right...I want to hear the unfiltered truth! No filter

@AdamEgret 4 ай бұрын

Please do taco bell next. I'm applying to be a taco maker.

@marcialabrahantes3369 4 ай бұрын

😂🤣💯

@colinb8332 4 ай бұрын

We need more hero’s like you. Best of luck on the front lines 🫡

@AdamEgret 4 ай бұрын

@@colinb8332 I'm willing to sacrifice if it means you get to keep our freedoms. 🎖️🪖

@gopi0905 4 ай бұрын

They don't like to taco about taco bell

@jeffsmith1798 4 ай бұрын

Taco developer 2 or Sr Taco developer or …?

@user-fp4dr1ne7z 4 ай бұрын

It would be nice to hear why they left Amazon.

@tayonguyen 3 ай бұрын

love Steve Huynh's conversation

@mahadreamz Ай бұрын

I’d love to listen from Engineers in NVIDIA in this series.

@krispyChkn 4 ай бұрын

Do it for Microsoft next

@stefancernescu3420 4 ай бұрын

I've worked at Amazon for 3 years. I really enjoyed that job.

@adincebic2992 4 ай бұрын

Please do one on Apple.

@mr.random8447 4 ай бұрын

Won’t happen, Apple will sue. They secretive

@pankaj3746 4 ай бұрын

Amazon is terrible, you get stuck at SDE 2 for >5years atleast !

@wsidechris 4 ай бұрын

Or you are pipped out in < 2 and lose your 2nd vest.

@michaelmedvedskiy7449 4 ай бұрын

Damn, where have I heard that video idea before 😂

@xordux7 4 ай бұрын

3:50 Thank you Amazon for supporting my old TV's prime video app

@DistortedV12 3 ай бұрын

I'm saying, that's a lost art these days

@2005kpboy 4 ай бұрын

Of all the Bigtech cos, Amazon is the worst, has been the worst since 2011. Third class in fact. Currently, all are in bad shape. Fintech trading cos beat any Bigtech co. hands down.

@nhbknhb 4 ай бұрын

What makes you say so? I personally see that 1) it is a manager-first company, and 2) the Engineering is miles behind other big tech.

@roninihanini 4 ай бұрын

@@nhbknhb what makes you think AWS is miles behind?

@manonamission2000 4 ай бұрын

"Third class"... quite the euphemism! IYKYK

@manonamission2000 4 ай бұрын

@@roninihanini should something which takes less than 100 characters to type on a Linux CLI require over 40 clicks on a web interface to achieve the same outcome??

@xiaomeng9273 4 ай бұрын

Would have been interesting to hear from some engineers who left before 1-2 years, a lot of survivorship bias here, insightful nonetheless

@johnsmith-ro2tw Ай бұрын

I saw a table with the avg turnover of engineers at big tech. Amazon was the worst, with 1.3 years. The pay may be higher than the market avg, but if you exit after 15 months, burnt out, i'm not sure about the net gain.

@wmilesstonem 2 ай бұрын

Just like bald sad dude I also didn't believe the abuse accusations until I started living it. Its hell on earth

@SilentGuardian1999 4 ай бұрын

Pip?

@signalcabin Ай бұрын

Jeff Bezos is championed in Starwars Sith theology, here on KZbin. Look for the video!

@shubhamtripathi4819 4 ай бұрын

Please make one on Adobe…

@2005kpboy 4 ай бұрын

@@shubhamtripathi4819 heard that atmosphere esp at their Noida office India is pretty damn toxic since 2022. Adobe did not fire as many as big tech did during 2022-24, but the atmosphere is very negative. Correct me if I am wrong.