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Startup or Corporate? Maybe both

Software Development Engineer I
Current Employee
Has worked at Amazon for less than 1 year
August 7, 2008
Seattle, Washington
4.0
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Pros

Interesting technologies, great new projects, with tremendous positive impact on the customer.

It's a great place to learn about how to run a business. You can have exposure to as many facets as you please. It's relatively easy to move internally. Lots of great people who work in this company.

Cons

Operational load.

It is assumed that employees also take on operational duties off hours during a prescribed rotational schedule. Depending on your team, this could be very taxing.

Ideas are sought after, but they are rarely pursued. It is very hard to turn an idea into a product in any company, but Amazon is still more corporate than startup in this aspect.

Advice to Management

Have a formalized way for ideas to prosper into products, businesses, or features from the bottom up. Give "funding" for small teams to launch their own ideas so they may prototype.

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