[davidrupp]

SDE, just passed ten years at Amazon; opinions my own, obvs. The three best managers I've worked with in my career have all been at Amazon (you know who you are). Also the three worst (ditto). And the respective bars were pretty [high | low] coming in. Just like everywhere else I've been, it comes down to the individual. Amazon, as far as I can tell, have never tried to homogenize management. Your team delivers? You're in.

[ldjkfkdsjnv]

People wildly underestimate how good some of the people at Amazon are. Tenured Amazon employees that have moved up the ranks over 10+ years are astounding in their ability to execute on projects.