amazon.com: work experience #7

i invite all former amazonians to share their experiences while an employee at amazon.com.  here are some general guidelines:

do:

don’t:

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 don’t have a fancy degree and was not recruited out of anywhere. i never went to college, but had been a game programmer for a lot of years. i knew a friend who knew a friend who worked at amazon and needed some help. i was hired.

amazon is cheapa55 (last 2 letters replaced by shmula). they gave me a ton of stock, but little cash. i stuck around and cashed out stock every year of about $60K, when the stock was at $55/share.  i left for more money and more stock.  really good experience — recruiters go crazy over the the amazon.com name on my resume, but quality of life sucks.  good name on your resume and good experience. quality of life sucks.

overweight male, 2000 – 2005


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