> I headed on the flight back with zero interest in working with that team, though I did love the dog friendly culture.
I remember reading a blog about working at Amazon that was mostly about how they hated the dog friendly culture and couldn't get any accommodation for being allergic to dogs.
The reputation of Amazon as somewhere you go out of college and then quit after 2 years has been around a while, maybe about as long as the one about Google having impossible interviews.
Its entirely possible I just wasn't in the loop. I worked for Walmart at the time, so it seemed natural to give Amazon a shot. Previously I worked at many meat grinders in finance and was familiar with that type of culture. Being on the east coast I was one of the first people I knew to leave that world for more of a general tech focus, I only really knew about the super well regarded and hated companies.
I remember reading a blog about working at Amazon that was mostly about how they hated the dog friendly culture and couldn't get any accommodation for being allergic to dogs.
The reputation of Amazon as somewhere you go out of college and then quit after 2 years has been around a while, maybe about as long as the one about Google having impossible interviews.