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“You know how to manage people, yes? You know how to write a solid document and think critically. You understand how Amazon uses data. You can persuade people on other teams to do things. This is 90 percent of most jobs at Amazon. The other 10 percent is just shit to learn, which you can also do.”

“Nothing in my career has prepared me for this stuff. But of course I’m going to adapt, shape-shift while no one is looking.”

This book gives me secondhand work stress

Meh not loving it

The writing style is a breeze to read and I want to know those Amazon secrets so I’m gonna fly through this one I think

Instead of a vague statement such as “I am hired to solve problems”, like most memoirs about big tech companies typically do, Kristi Coulter offers detailed descriptions of the specific issues. It was surprising to see Amazon internal technical infrastructure and management back in early 2000s was such a mess.