I was recently reading Jean Hsu's newsletter entry titled "What I would tell my 22 year-old self" which inspired me to think about (and reply!) what would I tell my 22 year-old self. I came up with the following 5 things I'd tell my younger self. 1.- Contrary to popular belief, (and this is one of my most contrarian opinions,) you're p...

Friday I turned in my Amazon badge. It feels like the end of an era that in this post I want to remember. I interviewed at a hotel in Guadalajara –the interviewing team had all flown in as it was cheaper than flying everyone out to Seattle for the loop–. I had 4 interviews, 2 of which I remember the most: "Design a LRU cache" –which I ...

After 4 1/2 years this week is my last at Amazon. I first want to thank my teammates & all the people with whom I worked during this time. These are folks with whom I enjoyed working greatly. We navigated some crazy circumstances together –like that time our L6+L7+L8 managers all left within a month!– Some people moved on, and then som...