FmrAMZN_TA

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by FmrAMZN_TA 8y ago
<highly biased take coming> Citation(s) needed. They specifically work (publicly and privately) to undermine local taxes, enforce non-competes/NDAs, capital gains, income taxes, etc. Then they do small investments like Mary'
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by FmrAMZN_TA 9y ago
You are correct. They ABSOLUTELY monitor customer spend usage, without using one iota of personally identifiable information.
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by FmrAMZN_TA 9y ago
You can't (and they don't promise) encryption such that AWS can't see everything, if they were in fact malicious. This is true of every cloud. That said, it's not illegal for them to see that xxx vendor increased their s
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by FmrAMZN_TA 9y ago
So, then your answer is never deprecate?
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by FmrAMZN_TA 9y ago
Ever? What if they had a 10 year deprecation policy?
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by FmrAMZN_TA 9y ago
I think this is disingenuous. AWS keeps something running forever, that's true, but in what state? https://forums.aws.amazon.com/thread.jspa?threadID=121711 (We were well aware of this thread, and others like it, inter
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by FmrAMZN_TA 10y ago
And a huge ad business they support. Oh, they didn't tell you about that?
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by FmrAMZN_TA 10y ago
Amazon makes $3B a year selling ads. You think they're just guessing about personal information? Please. They lay cookies everywhere (including off site) to target you properly.
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by FmrAMZN_TA 10y ago
It's funny you say the second paragraph - it feels like it directly contrasts the first (OK Google was first by a good margin).
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by FmrAMZN_TA 10y ago
I'm a highly biased former Amazonian. I was expecting some real wisdom in this story, but I don't think this qualifies him as a technical leader in any way. I don't even think this needed the cargo-cult-y "leaving the ro
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by FmrAMZN_TA 10y ago
You get it.
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by FmrAMZN_TA 10y ago
You did not say roles were increasing at 50% per year as an example - that was your stated fact. I'm saying unless they had 10 employees in 2000 (wrong) or only started the 50% hiring last year (so we have no longitudinal data to go
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by FmrAMZN_TA 10y ago
Microsoft, Google (Seattle), Century Link, Group On, Moz, Redfin, Porch, Chef, White Pages... to name a few. It's almost impossible to throw a dart at this list and not hit at least 5-10 - http://www.geekwire.com/geekwi
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by FmrAMZN_TA 10y ago
To be clear (I realize it may have seemed worse than it was): Day 1: 1000 employees Day 365: 500 employees Day 730: 200 employees.
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by FmrAMZN_TA 10y ago
> Your comment on "retention" is factually incorrect. I disagree. > First the number of Amazon hires in "tech roles" increases by ~50% per year. i.e., in year 1 there are 1,000 SDEs hired, year 2 is 1,500, year 3 i
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by FmrAMZN_TA 10y ago
We'll agree to disagree. Tension is good, when that's all it's used for. When it is specifically used to tear people down (either with a purpose, or just for vindictiveness), I think the original benefit is lost.
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by FmrAMZN_TA 10y ago
I admit, I lied in the previous comment. In the previous comment, I was worried that people would know who I was if I had said where I worked (what groups and how long). The truth is I had worked in the group I moved to for exactly a year,
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by FmrAMZN_TA 10y ago
I disagree. There are many leadership principles which are contradictory either in part or in whole (e.g. Dive Deep vs. Bias for Action; Insist on the Highest Standards vs. Invent and Simplify). You can squint and see how these would be the
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by FmrAMZN_TA 10y ago
Absolutely, if you stayed, the numbers definitely add up to what you see here. However, because the attrition was so high, you were not likely to stick around to get a bonus to make up for it.
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by FmrAMZN_TA 10y ago
When I was there, managers were guided to PIP (performance improvement plan) to make these numbers. Whether that meant grinding people into the ground, natural attrition, or making up excuses to out people - I saw all of them happen.
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by FmrAMZN_TA 10y ago
I'm a former Amazonian. Since you asked my opinion, I'll give it. It's a truly horrible place to work and I would never ask my worst enemy to go work there. Engenders the worst in humanity (people review, anyone?), terrible t
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by FmrAMZN_TA 10y ago
<Former Amazon> I won't go on about the work quality at Amazon, there are plenty of other places to read about that. It _is_ important to note that the average retention at Amazon (even for excellent people) is ~50% for 1 year, a
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by FmrAMZN_TA 11y ago
I have an etiquette question. We're allowed to put positive comments on jobs listed here, why are we not allowed to critique jobs on here?
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by FmrAMZN_TA 11y ago
Disclaimer: I am a former Amazon employee. I worked there for exactly a year. I assume I was doing well, I was offered increase bonus and base after my initial year. This response from Amazon continues to amaze me - first a post from Bezos