Are there any SWEs on this website? What kind of work are you doing, and how do you feel about it?
I am currently a SWE graduate at Amazon. I mostly accepted the position because I want to get a good start to my career and get a good resume, despite despising large tech corporations for obvious reasons.
There is a cult-like culture at Amazon. They treat Bezos like a God. On our first day, they showed us videos about him. These videos were exactly like what I expect they show you on your first day walking into the Scientology HQ. Very religious idol-worshiping.
Mostly, it's a great place to work. Relatively relaxed (as long as you do a good amount of work), good kitchen, they let you have toilet breaks (unlike Amazon warehouses). It just sucks that I'm working for a company as unethical as Amazon, making a bunch of rich people even richer and not much else.
What about you guys?