Swamped with legacy hacks
Swamped with legacy hacks
There are great opportunities, and the scale at which Amazon operates is amazing.
Only 10% of the time is spent on new development, and the rest we are putting out fires. Prepare to inherit a legacy of hacks with little tests and no documentation (tribal knowledge is the norm). You will have to keep this software running 24/7 and do whatever it takes to keep it up to date with whatever changes in the runtime environment.
Have some process in place for change management, and have less process when it comes to bureaucracy.
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