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I started Amazon in January. It really is a great place to work. Fun projects, smart people to learn from, at least two talks on interesting subjects a week, and lots of time to write code. After working here, I wouldn't want to work anywhere else, I like it that much. The only problem is Seattle. Moving from Dallas to Seattle has resulted in a lower quality of life, but I can deal with it.
I started Amazon in January. It really is a great place to work. Fun projects, smart people to learn from, at least two talks on interesting subjects a week, and lots of time to write code. After working here, I wouldn't want to work anywhere else, I like it that much. The only problem is Seattle. Moving from Dallas to Seattle has resulted in a lower quality of life, but I can deal with it.
What don't you like about Seattle? I was thinking about applying and I am also in Dallas right now.
Weather: It is rainy and cold most of the time making it very difficult to take kids out.
Shopping/Food: More choices in Dallas and cheaper.
The Seattle area feels small and slow moving, the exception is the heart of downtown Seattle.
I love how this article is speculating on what crazy things Amazon must be building by adding that many people. I'll tell you what they're building: fulfillment centers and call centers. About 5 years ago when Amazon had around 15K employees worldwide and they only had 3K in Seattle and only a few small dev centers around the world. So even if every single person in Seattle was working on development that still only…
This is all uninformed speculation. The only public number I've seen is 1,900 hired in Seattle over a 3 month period. That means a lot more than 2k were probably hired for development, which means that Amazon is definitely up to something.
I love how this article is speculating on what crazy things Amazon must be building by adding that many people. I'll tell you what they're building: fulfillment centers and call centers. About 5 years ago when Amazon had around 15K employees worldwide and they only had 3K in Seattle and only a few small dev centers around the world. So even if every single person in Seattle was working on development that still only…
1,900 were hired in Seattle alone. I saw that recently on /r/Seattle. Considering their orders are reported to be 40% year over year, 15k - 3k IT staff = 12k x 1.4 ^ 5 is 65k. They only have half that staff total so their efficiency and scaling improvements in distribution means they have to higher less people year over year for warehouse staff. This is all uninformed speculation. The only public number I've seen is…
There's also a forward fulfillment center in Bellevue which might count as Seattle headcount.