UK L/E6 in Amazon or Google worth it?

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I've always been told to go for FAANG if possible but people always make the interviews out to be masterfully difficult and as a principal dev with a mainly PHP background it seems a bit of a waste (Especially with how layoff heavy it has been of late)

I love my job, and my pays not bad. Probably nothing in comparion to what these roles offer ofc but I'm not dying for more here.

Have you been in these roles and can offer any experience, even if anecdotal? Just do not want to put myself through the stress of it down the line if it's not going to be my cup of tea.

madscience · Accepted Answer

FAANG companies are so big, that a lot of the work/life balance, interview difficulty, etc. can be pretty team specific, so you're bound to get people who have had both good and bad experiences with it.

My $.02 is, if you're not in a huge need to move jobs, you could still at least go through the interview process, prep for it as best you can, and see what happens. IMO, you're interviewing the company as much as they're interviewing you too, so you can definitely ask questions around how the teams work, what the expectations are, etc. and if it sounds like a bad fit, just decline the offer.

kernelS · Answer

If you like where you are then don’t leave. Amazon expects a high bar for performance and you’re responsible for more than just development. The internal tools you will need to know are only useful at Amazon and the documentation can be pretty atrocious sometimes. If you do decide to take it makes sure you leave your job on good terms because the average tenure is less than 2 years.XP: I have been AWS SDE for 2 years.

EngLeader · Answer

You'll never know if you don't try it! Also Amazon is a very different experience than Google/Meta. Definitely look at company cultures to see if you could be happy there.

15493xyz · Answer

I'm in the going through those exact interviews at Amazon at the moment, in a similar spot to yourself being content at my current job/comp. There'll never be a less stressful time to do it than when you're happy where you are.Every time I've done an intensive interview process I think I've come away a sharper engineer.

UK L/E6 in Amazon or Google worth it?

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