I was with Amazon working in tech for over 10 years. I lost control of my health, my hair turned white, and during that time I lost most of my friends. It’s ob

I was with Amazon working in tech for over 10 years. I lost control of my health, my hair turned white, and during that time I lost most of my friends. It’s obviously my own fault for letting all that happen. Of all the companies in the world, Amazon is probably one of the coldest, soulless places. Management is riddled with politics and third rate talent who’ll often knowingly do the wrong thing, just to get promoted. The people who actually drove the innovation, who weren’t necessary easier to work with but at least had some technical vision and production vision have all left. A significant piece of the company is all just legacy systems and tech debt, supported by Indian H1Bs who hire more H1Bs. If the government breaks up AWS and the rest of Amazon, most of their domains won’t make business sense anymore. There are too many middle men who are against this though - everyone from companies that help people relocate, to vendors that provide special tax services for the H1B army. I hope Amazon fully unionizes. Even in tech, it was a grueling, toxic place to work.