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i invite all former amazonians to share their experiences while an employee at amazon.com. here are some general guidelines:
do:
- details, details, details
- share about your interview experience
- what did you do there
- when and where did you work for amazon.com
- your least favorite core value & why
- why did you join
- why did you leave
don’t:
- openly slander people by name (don’t mention names)
- don’t share your own name
- sign your post with (your gender, years worked at amazon)
here’s the process: to submit your amazon story, please CONTACT ME. to make sure that the comment is not spam, please provide a valid email address — I WILL NEVER SHARE YOUR EMAIL. then, i’ll post your story as you submitted it.
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i earned my ba & ms from the university of washington — in computer science witha ba in economics and computer science. i was recruited right out of school. amazon.com is a place where you do cool stuff on the first day. on my first day, i was put on the music store team. it was fun and we worked hard to get the store up and the features that we thought would compete. our goal was to get to market quickly — rapid deployment is the goal. that project lasted about 3 months and it was an awesome experience to know that something you created is used by millions of people everyday.
compensation at amazon.com is weird. cash salary is low for someone with my background ($75K), but they give out a lot of stock. bonuses are all in stock. i always ranked either a 4 or 5 every year and i got about 300 rsu bonus shares every year. it’s amazon’s way of keeping you there longer.
if you don’t care that much about money, but care a lot about doing cool stuff and changing the way people use the web — even on the first day, work at amazon.com. work experience there kicks. you won’t get that kind of exposure and work experience anywhere else.
i left to begin my little search startup.
male, 2002 – 2004
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