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Ethan Evans is a former VP at Amazon has seen pretty much every possible type of corporate politics. Now that he's retired, he could share everything he'd seen including stories about empire building, hidden politics, reorgs, senior promos and dealing with bad managers.
๐ธ The keyboard I'm building: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ryanlpeterman/compose-simple-ergonomics-beautifully-done
๐ฃ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ธ๐:
โข YouTube: https://youtu.be/6WaeGfLnRvc
โข Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-peterman-pod/id1777363835
โข Transcript: https://www.developing.dev/p/amazon-vp-reveals-everything-hes
๐ง๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐:
00:00 - Intro
2:33 - Empire Building
31:54 - Stealing scope
44:03 - Managing out via reorgs
51:01 - Bad managers and mutiny
01:01:43 - Political messaging
01:11:48 - Handling politically skilled operators
01:20:01 - Orgs trying to steal scope
01:30:26 - Handling difficult people from other orgs
01:36:19 - Handling weak managers
01:46:30 - Backchanneling
01:52:04 - Influence without authority
01:58:04 - Sexual harassment
02:00:49 - Skip overruling firing
02:05:39 - How to fire managers
02:11:31 - Leverage when people are getting fired
02:24:01 - How to grow past senior eng
02:43:01 - How to avoid politics
02:48:15 - Advice for younger self
02:49:51 - Outro
๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป:
โข LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ethanevansvp/
โข X/Twitter: https://x.com/EthanEvansVP
โข Newsletter: https://levelupwithethanevans.substack.com/
โข YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-BAdkBGjOIlccGLZ3jbLiA
๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐๐ฎ๐ป:
โข Newsletter: https://www.developing.dev/
โข X/Twitter: https://x.com/ryanlpeterman
โข LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanlpeterman/
โข Threads: https://www.threads.com/@ryanlpeterman
โข Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryanlpeterman
โข TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ryanlpeterman
By Ryan Peterman4.8
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Ethan Evans is a former VP at Amazon has seen pretty much every possible type of corporate politics. Now that he's retired, he could share everything he'd seen including stories about empire building, hidden politics, reorgs, senior promos and dealing with bad managers.
๐ธ The keyboard I'm building: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ryanlpeterman/compose-simple-ergonomics-beautifully-done
๐ฃ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ธ๐:
โข YouTube: https://youtu.be/6WaeGfLnRvc
โข Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-peterman-pod/id1777363835
โข Transcript: https://www.developing.dev/p/amazon-vp-reveals-everything-hes
๐ง๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐:
00:00 - Intro
2:33 - Empire Building
31:54 - Stealing scope
44:03 - Managing out via reorgs
51:01 - Bad managers and mutiny
01:01:43 - Political messaging
01:11:48 - Handling politically skilled operators
01:20:01 - Orgs trying to steal scope
01:30:26 - Handling difficult people from other orgs
01:36:19 - Handling weak managers
01:46:30 - Backchanneling
01:52:04 - Influence without authority
01:58:04 - Sexual harassment
02:00:49 - Skip overruling firing
02:05:39 - How to fire managers
02:11:31 - Leverage when people are getting fired
02:24:01 - How to grow past senior eng
02:43:01 - How to avoid politics
02:48:15 - Advice for younger self
02:49:51 - Outro
๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป:
โข LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ethanevansvp/
โข X/Twitter: https://x.com/EthanEvansVP
โข Newsletter: https://levelupwithethanevans.substack.com/
โข YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-BAdkBGjOIlccGLZ3jbLiA
๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐๐ฎ๐ป:
โข Newsletter: https://www.developing.dev/
โข X/Twitter: https://x.com/ryanlpeterman
โข LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanlpeterman/
โข Threads: https://www.threads.com/@ryanlpeterman
โข Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryanlpeterman
โข TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ryanlpeterman

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