Layoffs, Career Progression, Working with Jeff Bezos - Ethan Evans (Amazon VP)

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🚀Join the real-world SA bootcamp (Limited spots, enrollment opens 09/20/2025, past students got high paying jobs including at Big Tech) : https://www.sabootcamp.com/ Ethan is a former VP at Amazon, where he spent over 15 years. Ethan worked with Jeff Bezos directly while at Amazon, which we will talk about, and he also interviewed with Elon Musk. Ethan led global teams of over 800 people, and invented well-known businesses and products such as Prime Video, Prime Gaming , Twitch commerce, and more. He has also taken over 2500 interviews, helped create one of the Amazon leadership principles, have over 70 patents, and currently runs a very successful newsletter, and career coaching program where he helps people advance in their career and succeed in leadership roles. In this episode, we discuss: • Advice on getting a job and progressing on your career • Reducing chances of getting laid off • Growing a meaningful network you can leverage • Learnings from working with Jeff Bezos and interviewing with Elon Musk • Time management Vs. Productivity And more. **Connect with me** 📰 Sign up for my FREE newsletter: https://cloudwithraj.com/newsletter 🔥 Get my courses with max discount (Limited Time): https://bit.ly/3Eku9RH 🤳 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cloudwithraj/ 🏢 LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cloudwithraj/ 🐦Twitter: https://twitter.com/cloudwithraj Ethan's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ethanevansvp/ Join Ethan's Career Community: https://levelupwithethanevans.substack.com/p/level-up-career-community Ethan's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@EthanEvansVP Manage your energy, not your time: https://hbr.org/2007/10/manage-your-energy-not-your-time Timestamps: 00:00 Who is Ethan Evans? 02:57 Skills ICs should have 06:42 Meaningfully Grow Your Network 11:55 Reducing Chances of Laid Off 16:13 Working with Jeff Bezos 23:14 Interacting with Elon Musk 28:24 How to Strategize Career Progression 38:21 Manage Your Energy, Not Time 41:51 Connecting with Ethan and Re:Invent Swag #amazon #aws #cloudwithraj