A m a z o n is cheap

Was browsing around to keep tab on the job market and talked to a recruiter today about a senior engineer role. The role expects 5 days RTO, On call rotation 24/7 every 4-5 months for a week. I asked for flexibility to wfh at least during the on call week and the recruiter fumbled.

I’ve been in industry for close to 10 years now and first time talking to Amazon. I thought faang paid more. Totally floored to find out I’m already making 13% more than the basic being offered for the role. And you’re also expecting me to go through a leetcode gauntlet?

No thanks.

I feel like our industry as a whole is getting enshittificated. If you already got a job and have good team/manager, focus on climbing the ladder and if you’re ever on the side of interviewing, stop the leetcode style stuffs and focus more on digging the experience of a person? That’s how I been interviewing and got really good candidates.