[amf12]

> I don't think it's about growing fast so much as, from those I talked to, Amazon now has a fairly bad reputation in the tech community.

My personal observation having known quite a few Amazon SWEs and interviewed them.

The bad rep is only for the junior roles. SWEs who work at AWS and are high L5+ are pretty solid.

[akhilcacharya]

What exactly does high L5+ mean?

[amf12]

SWEs who weren't just recently promoted to L5 at Amazon. They have some experience at that level. Granted, there could be some bias because it's not easy to pinpoint when they were promoted.

[akhilcacharya]

As a recently promoted L5, what bad rep should I be shielding myself from as a junior?