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Today is my 9 year anniversary of working at AWS. Here's 9 personal takes on what it's like ...
1. I work in our "Blackfoot" HQ building, named after our NAT platform, named in turn after the penguin. Plural is "Blackfoots".
2. Favourite benefit is a mailroom with Amazon.com's shipping rates! Great for sending gifts to Ireland.
3. Opportunities are boundless and barriers few. I could propose, start and tech-lead @Amazon_Route_53 as a junior engineer. Just do it.
@Amazon_Route_53 4. Now as a senior engineer, I get to talk to at least five customers a week. Remote site visits once a month.
@Amazon_Route_53 5. I work across several large orgs and industry changing projects, but still get to ship code, do code reviews, and on-call.
@Amazon_Route_53 6. I'm on-call today! As a "call leader", we lead and coordinate the mitigation of operational events behind the scenes.
@Amazon_Route_53 7. Top event management tips: Stay calm, Assess the situation, Focus on mitigation - not root cause, Escalate early! (SAFE).
@Amazon_Route_53 8. Organizationally, I could never trade away document-driven meetings, bottom-up culture, or a zest for action.
@Amazon_Route_53 9. Where I've seen greatness and high quality, it's always the work of teams with consistent everyday good habits, hard graft, and laughter.
