In October, after eight and a half years at Amazon, I decided to leave. If you look at the update at the top of this post, you’ll see why. Bye to Big Tech Big tech used to be exciting and interesting, but the behavior of big tech just has been getting worse. Moreover, the CEOs of these…
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Important Update: In December 2024, Amazon made drastic changes to the management of Zappos. Sadly, the Zappos culture I’ve written about here is gone. Most of the people that kept that Zappos spirit alive have left or were laid off. I also left Amazon, disgusted by the decimation of Zappos.…
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This week I joined Zappos! Zappos is a subsidiary of Amazon, acquired in 2009. If you’re not aware of Zappos, it is a legend in the e-commerce space, known worldwide for its amazing customer service. No seriously, they’re that good. Around 2008, Zappos’ (at the time) unique…
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After starting this repo four years ago, I’m pleased to announce that the Coding Interview University project is in the top 10 on Github! Over the years I’ve been updating it and managing pull requests from the many kind contributors to the project. The project has a huge amount of…
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I wanted to share my progress on Assignment 1 (string processing library) of the Low-Level Programming book. See code below. I’ve been working on this assignment in some free times for the last 3 months, and I’ve invested many hours into it. It was slow going at first, and I got faster,…
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While I was studying computer science, I spent only a short amount of time on assembly programming, but I found it fascinating. The ability to run a program by speaking to the CPU was pretty cool. It was a topic I wanted to revisit. Late last year I picked up “Low Level Programming” (C,…
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Even before I started work at Amazon, I got started getting up to speed on the main language I would use for the job. Here is the reading list I put together and future books I want to read. What I’ve Read so Far: It took me a few months to get through these. Java: A Beginner’s Guide,…
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Hey all, If you’ve been waiting to see more content here, I appreciate your patience. What have I been doing? I’ve been busy getting up to speed at Amazon over the last year and a half, and using a lot of my free time to read up on Java (what I use at work) and system design. Also, we…
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Want to join Amazon? It’s a super place to work. I work with smart, friendly, dedicated people, and enjoy a good work/life balance. It’s the best. It’s what I had always hoped for. About Referrals There are two kinds of referrals at Amazon: network referrals (people…
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Yup. Even though the name of my blog is Startup Next Door, I’m done with startups. I knew a year ago that I wouldn’t start another company, or work at another startup. What About my Startups? I’ll still run zKorean and TalkToTheManager, but since everything is automated, the time…
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