Amazon Web Services – Four Years and Out
Amazon Web Services - Four Years and Out
Today marks four years since I joined AWS. My last day will be Friday.
I have to say being fired from AWS is actually a relief. There have been a lot of changes to the company since I joined in 2022, and the company I wanted to work for is no longer the same company.
This past year, while I was doing my best to make AWS play nice in open source communities, there were two main drivers making me unhappy with my job: organizational change and the acceleration of the focus on Generative AI .
The organizational change came in the form of the man who hired me, David Nalley . I was skeptical about joining AWS, especially since I work in open source, but David convinced me that his team, OSSM (Open Source Strategy and Marketing), was dedicated to making AWS a better citizen in open source communities.
Amazon has a really odd viewpoint when it comes to the people who work there. They view almost all employees as “fungible”.