How I Stopped Chasing the Next Role at Amazon and Hit Reset | My Career Unfiltered: Detours, Pivots

This is a more personal one.In this episode, I talk about my career journey — the detours, the pivots, the decisions that didn’t always make sense on paper and how and why I eventually chose to step away from Amazon last year.0:00 Introduction1:15 What I learned from detours and pivots from tech job1:43 Why I quit my Amazon job last year2:34 How I am designing life now2:49 Feeding my curiosity3:45 Mentoring4:43 How and why I started the newsletter5:37 Why I started this channelI’m now spending time differently — exploring things I’ve always been curious about. Working on my newsletter, and building this channel as an extension of it - both as a way of giving back to the community and helping younger professionals feel heard and less alone in their professional journey. This channel is for anyone who is trying to balance career ambitions with life outside of work. Not just chasing the next role, but figuring out how to balance that with other priorities and passions.If that resonates, you’re in the right place.☕ Subscribe for more conversations like this.The Second Cup by Vasantha Link to related newsletter: https://secondcup.substack.com/ Reach out for 1:1 mentoring: https://topmate.io/vasantha_gullapalli/#CareerGrowth #LifeChoices #CareerPivots #WorkLifeBalance #PersonalGrowth #lifebeyondwork