Good opportunity but depends on your team/manager - Software Development Engineer (SDE) Apprentice Amazon Employee Review

3.0
21 Mar 2024
Recommend
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Pros

* High salary for apprenticeship (start 32k, +2k every year) * Great place to learn * Many resources to help you in various areas

Cons

* Degree is useless - don't expect to be taught much programming or computer science skills * Very team dependant. I've known some managers who didn't even know what an apprentice is until the employee joined. They were then fired after 6 months after recieving little support. However my current manager has given me more than enough support. * As such a higher level of baseline knowledge is helpful here - you might struggle if you are inexperienced at coding

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Cons

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