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A good place to work right out of school

Software Development Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Amazon for 2 years
December 23, 2014
Seattle, Washington
4.0
RecommendsPositive Outlook
Pros

You learn a lot in a short time period here. Working 2 years here is pretty much the equivalent in technical and business skills as a master's degree.

There are many options to move to once you're in the company, and their ideals for leadership are good.

I appreciate the fact that they follow the idea that no matter your level or experience, your opinion will still be heard. It is not often you get rank pulled on you, but it still happens occasionally.

Cons

Expectations of how much you should work seem to be skewed by management. Not a very clear promotional cycle between SDE-1 and SDE-2. It seems very difficult to move up in the company once you hit SDE-3.

Advice to Management

Train your dev managers better. I have yet to meet a decent dev manager in this company, which is unsettling to say the least.

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