I left Amazon a couple of weeks ago after nearly a decade. And the answer to "why" is pretty straightforward. 1- I couldn't get that SDE3 promo. If my clone ha

I left Amazon a couple of weeks ago after nearly a decade. And the answer to "why" is pretty straightforward. 1- I couldn't get that SDE3 promo. If my clone had interviewed, he'd have been given an sde3 offer easily. But being on the inside requires a long checklist of requirements that I could never quite hit all of. Two other companies offered me the equivalent role immediately. With a nice pay bump. 2- Amazon won't commit to remote. It's all "between you and your manager" and "with your VPs approval", which is to say: subjet to change any time the person in that role does. Want to change teams? Best make sure that other manager and his VP will support you first. So can I really move four hours away from the office? Not really. My new employment contract has "remote" in it. 3- a growing sense that this isn't the right company for me. Too many controversies that I can't really see "our" side of. The leadership principles that I used to teach to new hires sound more and more hollow. And when I looked at all that, and realized how good the job market is, it became a question of why would I stay?