Re:Amazon is hiring the most MBAs in tech, and it’s not real...
by arcanus on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @11:10AM
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Does this mean devs are more likely to be reporting to an MBA at AMZN?
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Re:Amazon is hiring the most MBAs in tech, and it’s not real...
by cachemiss on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @11:25AM
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No, generally you report to a former engineer, even up to a VP level in most cases, in AWS its usually former engineers until you get to s-level.
edit: those people may have ALSO gotten an MBA
Re:Amazon is hiring the most MBAs in tech, and it’s not real...
by pc86 on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @11:19AM
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To work off of what saosebastiao said, most developers at Amazon are going to report to a team lead or engineering manager. Both of these are going to be technical people, whether they have an MBA or not (unlikely). So obviously if you move up high enough in the company you'll eventually report to someone non-technical, but the folks writing code for 80% of their day are almost certainly reporting to another developer.
Re:Amazon is hiring the most MBAs in tech, and it’s not real...
by saosebastiao on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @11:17AM
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Maybe but probably not. In my experience, amazon clearly distinguishes between the "business side" and the "engineering side". All the MBAs end up on the business side.
They will, however, have a manager whose promotion path depends on how many MBAs can be persuaded to like them.