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|"May 1st was my last day as a VP and Distinguished Engineer at Amazon Web Services, after FIVE years and five months of rewarding fun"

5.5 years means more than fully vested and probably time for a change anyway...

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You're never fully vested. I $650K of unvested AMZN stock when I left after 8.5 years.

By fully vested I meant the initial 4 years, which is the package you usually get when joining a tech company. Given his caliber I bet it was a fat one. Add to that the run the stock had in the last 5 years. At his age and with his wealth, it's not unlikely he has been considering leaving regardless.

I doubt DE salaries work the exact same as regular SDEs...

They probably get refreshers along the way too

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