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Re:Ask HN: Amazon software engineers, how is the work cultur... by anonyme_101917 on Monday May 14, 2018 @03:27AM (#17063512)
It's mostly the compensation. I make twice as much at AWS as I did working as an engineer at non-tech companies.

Other comments on this post indicate that Google and FB pay more than Amazon, but I'd probably have to take a sizable pay cut to work elsewhere.

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Re:Ask HN: Amazon software engineers, how is the work cultur... by humanrebar on Monday May 14, 2018 @07:09AM (#17064417)
> ... I'd probably have to take a sizable pay cut to work elsewhere

There are other companies besides Amazon that say this. Because of this, it can't possibly be true. The only way to know for sure is to brush up your resume and see if you can get some better offers. Don't take your boss's promise that you're well paid. They can't possibly be objective about it.

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