Ask HN: Is all of FAANG like this?

Re:Ask HN: Is all of FAANG like this? by throwawayfaang2 on Thursday July 23, 2020 @02:39AM (#23924762)

Given the description I assume you worked at Amazon. I worked there too, and I quit for Google.

They are VERY different companies. Google's tooling is unparalleled and maintained by staffed teams, its work force is motivated. It's hard to move the needle - in a large company full of smart people all the easy stuff was done ten years ago, and compliance concerns are everywhere. But none of that is due to lack of tools or motivation.

Google is an engineering company. Amazon is a store that hires engineers because it has no other option.

You seem to be at exactly the point where I was when I left. Yes, the grass is greener on the other side. Do it.

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Re:Ask HN: Is all of FAANG like this? by malechimp on Thursday July 23, 2020 @06:52AM (#23925990)

Not in Amazon myself but rumor has it that Amazon is actually the inverse of what OP describes - more at the verge of sweatshop rather than an easy-boring-sail downwind.

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Re:Ask HN: Is all of FAANG like this? by amznthrowaway5 on Saturday July 25, 2020 @04:47PM (#23952277)

Eventually the accumulated sweatshop tech debt and incompetent management with no technical understanding result in teams not being able to accomplish anything, and situations like the one OP and his team are stuck in.

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