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Pretty great experience

Software Development Engineer Intern
Current Employee
Has worked at Amazon for less than 1 year
November 3, 2017
4.0
Recommends
Pros
  • Very smooth recruitment process (surprising considering what I've read)
  • Interesting work (This depends entirely on the team you're in; I was on an AWS team)
  • Very smart, kind co-workers
  • Recently acquired team by Amazon, so lots of new development happening
  • Sweet apartment
  • Great manager and mentor
  • Never had to work from home or work for more than 8 hours a day. If I did, then it was willingly. Work-life balance depends entirely on the team.
  • You are guaranteed to become a better dev after an internship with Amazon.
Cons
  • Location (I was not in Seattle, but this is beyond my control). Otherwise, everything was fantastic!
Advice to Management

Subsidize transportation.

I had to bus to work every day from my Amazon-assigned apartment. The apartment was sweet though.

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