Last week I left my cushy job at Amazon after 8 years. Despite getting rewarded repeatedly with promotions, compensation, recognition, and praise, I wasn’t motivated enough to do another year. I spent my entire time in AWS building tools for developers. I liked that field so much that I would have been satisfied working in it for the rest of my life. I joined Amazon as an entry level developer. Wi
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