Oh man, these “I don’t dream of labor” types are so fucking cringe, lol. Also condescending! A close friend of mine beat cancer as a child. Ever since then he

Oh man, these “I don’t dream of labor” types are so fucking cringe, lol. Also condescending! A close friend of mine beat cancer as a child. Ever since then he’s dreamed of working in oncology, and is finishing school just this year. He’s very excited, and I’m happy to see his career goals coming to fruition. Other examples abound. I find, in my social circle anyway, the type who ask, “who dreams of careers?” are usually the type to have had cushy upbringings that afford them the ability to ignore dreaming of finding stable, well-paying careers. Let alone the mission-style careers I described earlier. Must be nice. In any case, I’ve worked on teams in both Amazon and AWS. Have not experienced the described culture. However, I’ve only ever worked in science roles/orgs, and I hear the difference between science and software (particularly product) can be quite stark. As others have mentioned: most variation is based on your manager and skip-level manager.