Amazon reviews

I am a Software Engineer, and I love working at Amazon. There are a lot of smart people that work at Amazon. We are very focused on working on things that are very important to the company's core businesses, but willing to create new ways to expand the business. Not a lot of theory, all practical engineering. Most of the time, I am driven to complete projects because they are interesting and important. I very rarely don't care about what I'm working on and need to be pushed into doing something. Most people that work there can operate independently, and those that can't usually don't like it very much. I am very independent and self-motivated, so I love not having a boss tell me what needs to be done all the time. There is a flip side to that though- sometimes I feel like my boss doesn't necessarily know what needs to be done.

There are a couple of good reasons to work at Amazon. You'll probably see some of the same words used to describe other companies within the tech sector, smart, driven, intelligent colleagues. In general you get to work with smart people. Rarely have I met somebody who was incompetent working there. Inexperienced but never incompetent. For the right personality types, this is a way to experience start up life (wearing multiple hats, frugality) while also having a semblance of security. The company is still growing and Jeff is willing to make bold long term bets even if the stock market doesn't like the expense in the short term.