Re:Ask HN: My son declined intern offer because it's remote ...
by diebeforei485 on Thursday October 27, 2022 @03:40PM
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Some companies have a strange situation where junior devs (who don't have a good WFH setup due to living in smaller shared housing) go in to the office, but senior devs with comfortable WFH situations don't.
Re:Ask HN: My son declined intern offer because it's remote ...
by oldsklgdfth on Saturday October 29, 2022 @05:52PM
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The onboarding is pretty intense. It removes that work from the team, but there is just a huge amount of information that you’ll never see again.
He did the right thing.
While I like WFH, I do believe that interns and juniors should be at the office at least 3 days a week. Being there helps them understand how company interactions work, see senior people work and how they handle themselves, if part of his team is in the office they can see if he is struggling and help him more than just asking on slack. Also, Amazon onboarding is quite overwhelming and I believe that if you see other people using or speaking about the tooling you are learning, it gives you some relief that in time he will too get it.
Apart from that having Amazon in the resume opens the door to easier hiring in other FAANG like places.
It's always day 1.