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Brilliant Team, Fast-paced Aws

Software Development Engineer Intern
Former Employee
Worked at Amazon for 1 year
January 13, 2018
Seattle, Washington
5.0
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Pros
  • Worked with absolutely brilliant people.
  • AWS is a REALLY fast-moving company, and working in the environment pushes you.
  • Coworkers were nice and welcoming.
  • Comfortable hours (came in at like 10, left at like 4).
  • Pizza and beer Fridays.
  • Company paid for team lunches weekly.
  • Worked on cutting-edge stuff.
  • Got to see the inner workings of how a company manages data centers around the world.
  • Great technical and social talks.
  • Fellow interns were a high-caliber, driven bunch.
  • The projects I worked on were meaningful and put to use immediately upon completion.
  • Leadership in my org was awesome.
  • SLU is a great place to work in.
Cons
  • Like any large company, largely dependent on which team you join.
  • Because the company employs a huge amount of talent from around the world, cultural and language barriers exist.
Advice to Management

Keep up the great job, and awesome job with the internship program!

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