12-04-2018, 05:21 PM
(12-04-2018, 04:39 PM)Jake Wrote:(12-04-2018, 04:19 PM)Deceus Wrote: I'm thinking of shooting for the moon and going for Amazon. There's 72 openings in Herndon right now. Obviously not in commuting distance but looking at the typical salaries on Glassdoor I could easily swing a one bedroom apartment to stay at Mon-Fri on top of my current expenses. It would suck to see a decent chunk of a raise go to something like that but it would certainly salvage my resume.
The real kicker is they don't seem to care at all what I have done or what I'm currently doing. Their interview process is well-known so it'll be easy to prep for and I shouldn't be blind-sided by anything. Just have to grind leetcode problems and get a good idea what they're looking for in the behavioral portions. The alternative seems to be working in Charlottesville with a 2 hour commute and a $20k pay cut, no thanks.
If you want to chat with someone who's (I think) doing similar work to what you are looking at with Amazon, message me and I can put you guys in touch. He's been time trialing/racing with NASA for a few years now and I'm sure would be willing to chat a little.
I'll definitely take you up on that sometime. It's probably a bit premature to do anything other than revisit data structures and algorithms/scalablity for the next month or 2 since I haven't touched that stuff since college. Apparently there's some AWS Developer certification out there as well to look in to.