The whole 20% comment makes me think you’re being a little disingenuous about the idea that we are not less talented.

I am not being at all disingenuous in any of the statements I'm making.

The "20% comment" was the one above me, I was just responding to it.

The average Amazon engineer is less talented than the average Google engineer. That is what I was saying. I wasn't making any claim about how talented you are or aren't!

He doesn't understand stats. Don't worry about it.

The exclude amazon is the issue - I’m sorry but do you not see the contradiction in the last 3 sentences? When you make broad generalizations like that you’re also broadly calling people like me lesser. You realize that right?

Do you even math ? That's not how on average works ?

How is it not how an average works? They haven't exactly demonstrated that the average is lowered by significantly less talent on the low end, so I'm here assuming they mean everyone at Amazon is just slightly less talented. Any other view is just charity.

It's insulting, and I'm glad they were downvoted for it.

You might be the best engineer at Amazon better than 90% of Googlers. Your peers may bring your average down. Notice how you come ahead in this scenario. Amazon pays less, less perks, backloads equity as handcuffs. There is a reason top talent decides to go elsewhere.

Please don't disrespect my peers like that.

> There is a reason top talent decides to go elsewhere

In what way are we not top talent? Cite examples.

You were downvoted as well. Why don't you just transfer to FANG if "brand" is important to you ? Saying you work for Amazon isn't going to impress your friends and relatives.

> Saying you work for Amazon isn't going to impress your friends and relatives.

Do you have any proof of this?

Your insecurity on every thread here. See a non tech person's reaction when you see someone saying they work for Google vs Amazon.