24-2. Non-linear career paths, culture at Google vs. Amazon

Part 2 of the episode about taking a break from corporate careers to start our own podcast technology company. We’ll soon announce our product, so stay tuned! Chapters 02:10 - Arnab's story: from SDE I to a Principal Engineer at Amazon 06:35 - Getting promoted to your level of incompetence and leaving 11:44 - Google vs. Amazon culture 23:09 - One thing we'd take away from Amazon and Google to our startup 25:32 - Join our alpha program 25:51 - Time for silly questions 28:21 - Working from a Google office 30:28 - Biggest risk Ilya took previously 35:58 - Goals for the next year 37:32 - A pathless career path (answering a question from a subscriber) Show notes Podcasts Alex Hormozi on The Diary of a CEO Indie Hackers Books Build by Tony Fadell Reboot by Jerry Colonna Movies (Un)well on Netflix Kung Fu Panda Software Google Reader Feedly RSS Borland C++ Builder Other Regret minimization framework The Peter Principle Post-production This episode was produced by Mike Semashko Full show notes with links: https://www.metacastpodcast.com/p/024-pt2-non-linear-careers-google-amazon-culture Download the Metacast podcast app for free iOS: https://apps.apple.com/app/metacast/id6462012536 Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.metacast.podcast.player Get in touch Contact us: [email protected] Ilya's LinkedIn Arnab's LinkedIn