Challenging work overall, struggling with the promo process
Challenging work overall, struggling with the promo process
Everything here needs high throughput; even a simple hello world service can crash if not tuned properly. Some things are infeasible to be invested in a normal company, but Amazon scale allows it to be real.
It’s hard to be agile here because of the promotion process. The company needs teamwork, but on the other hand, it needs silos. The leadership team has already acknowledged this problem, but it may take many years to fix. I don’t know if I will still be working here then.
Fix the promo process. Promote teamwork, not silos.
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