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Re:Amazon has as much office space in Seattle as the next 40... by piffey on Thursday August 24, 2017 @11:39AM (#15090986)
Yeah they move in packs. We call them badgers (all have their Amazon badges out, let's you use that badger, badger, badger song from the 2000s flash video craze) amongst my group of friends. Don't blame them though, it's their small team and they work so closely and do everything together from what I understand. A lot are transplants and it's their first batch of work friends in town fresh out of college. Doesn't bother me, but then again I rarely go to SLU for lunch. I'd rather ride up to LQA, Fremont, eat at the market, or stay in Belltown. So many crowd free lunch options.
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Re:Amazon has as much office space in Seattle as the next 40... by hinkley on Thursday August 24, 2017 @12:27PM (#15091471)
I worked a mercifully short contract there, and the group I worked with was so shell shocked by how painful the Dev environment was that it's a wonder none of us got hit by a car crossing the street. We were distracted and tense all the time.

When I see them I wonder if they're having a day like mine were. And I stop my friends from working anywhere but AWS.

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