<p>A real informal discussion of how to balance work and life, recorded from the casual comfort of an oceanfront deck in Maui. Q&A about how to be a successful leader and still enjoy life. We all have basic questions of work, school, life and how all that tie together. There is this perception that big tech/big business just doesn’t have a work life balance. Watch Ethan Evans, VP of Twitch Prime at Amazon (recently retired, but an Amazon VP when this was filmed) discuss how to achieve a work life balance. There will always be work and you should focus on work at work. But make sure you take some time for yourself, enjoy your vacations, because you earned them.</p>

A real informal discussion of how to balance work and life, recorded from the casual comfort of an oceanfront deck in Maui. Q&A about how to be a successful leader and still enjoy life. We all have basic questions of work, school, life and how all that tie together. There is this perception that big tech/big business just doesn’t have a work life balance. Watch Ethan Evans, VP of Twitch Prime at Amazon (recently retired, but an Amazon VP when this was filmed) discuss how to achieve a work life balance. There will always be work and you should focus on work at work. But make sure you take some time for yourself, enjoy your vacations, because you earned them.

<p>A real informal discussion of how to balance work and life, recorded from the casual comfort of an oceanfront deck in Maui. Q&amp;A about how to be a successful leader and still enjoy life. We all have basic questions of work, school, life and how all that tie together. There is this perception that big tech/big business just doesn’t have a work life balance. Watch Ethan Evans, VP of Twitch Prime at Amazon (recently retired, but an Amazon VP when this was filmed) discuss how to achieve a work life balance. There will always be work and you should focus on work at work. But make sure you take some time for yourself, enjoy your vacations, because you earned them.</p>

Work Life Balance | Live From Vacation

Level Up is your source for career growth solutions by retired Amazon Vice President, Ethan Evans.

In my 15+ years at Amazon, I led global teams of 800+ and invented businesses such as Prime Video, Amazon Appstore, Merch by Amazon, Prime Gaming, and Twitch Commerce. I hold 70+ patents. Have reviewed 10,000+ resumes, conducted 2,500+ interviews, and made 1,000+ hires. I was an Amazon Bar Raiser and Bar Raiser Core Leader. And I helped advocate for and draft the Amazon Leadership Principle (LP) “Ownership” — the words, “They never say ‘that’s not my job.’” are mine.

I've promoted 8 reports from Senior Manager (Amazon L7) to Director (Amazon L8), contributed to 25+ Director promotions, hired 10+ Directors internally and externally, and drove the promotion of 3 engineers to Principal. Of my former reports, 2 are current Amazon VPs (L10) and 5 are C-Suite outside Amazon.

I retired from Amazon as a VP in September 2020. Before Amazon, I spent 12 years at 3 startups.

Now I am building Level Up: Your source for career growth solutions & community.

Subscribe to my newsletter for ongoing career advice and consider becoming a paid member to unlock access to exclusive events, career talks, and our private leadership community for networking: https://levelupwithethanevans.substack.com/

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Level Up is your source for career growth solutions by retired Amazon Vice President, Ethan Evans. In my 15+ years at Amazon, I led global teams of 800+ and invented businesses such as Prime Video, Amazon Appstore, Merch by Amazon, Prime Gaming, and Twitch Commerce. I hold 70+ patents. Have reviewed 10,000+ resumes, conducted 2,500+ interviews, and made 1,000+ hires. I was an Amazon Bar Raiser and Bar Raiser Core Leader. And I helped advocate for and draft the Amazon Leadership Principle (LP) “Ownership” — the words, “They never say ‘that’s not my job.’” are mine. I've promoted 8 reports from Senior Manager (Amazon L7) to Director (Amazon L8), contributed to 25+ Director promotions, hired 10+ Directors internally and externally, and drove the promotion of 3 engineers to Principal. Of my former reports, 2 are current Amazon VPs (L10) and 5 are C-Suite outside Amazon. I retired from Amazon as a VP in September 2020. Before Amazon, I spent 12 years at 3 startups. Now I am building Level Up: Your source for career growth solutions & community. Subscribe to my newsletter for ongoing career advice and consider becoming a paid member to unlock access to exclusive events, career talks, and our private leadership community for networking: https://levelupwithethanevans.substack.com/

Level Up is your source for career growth solutions by retired Amazon Vice President, Ethan Evans.

In my 15+ years at Amazon, I led global teams of 800+ and invented businesses such as Prime Video, Amazon Appstore, Merch by Amazon, Prime Gaming, and Twitch Commerce. I hold 70+ patents. Have reviewed 10,000+ resumes, conducted 2,500+ interviews, and made 1,000+ hires. I was an Amazon Bar Raiser and Bar Raiser Core Leader. And I helped advocate for and draft the Amazon Leadership Principle (LP) “Ownership” — the words, “They never say ‘that’s not my job.’” are mine.

I've promoted 8 reports from Senior Manager (Amazon L7) to Director (Amazon L8), contributed to 25+ Director promotions, hired 10+ Directors internally and externally, and drove the promotion of 3 engineers to Principal. Of my former reports, 2 are current Amazon VPs (L10) and 5 are C-Suite outside Amazon.

I retired from Amazon as a VP in September 2020. Before Amazon, I spent 12 years at 3 startups.

Now I am building Level Up: Your source for career growth solutions &amp; community.

Subscribe to my newsletter for ongoing career advice and consider becoming a paid member to unlock access to exclusive events, career talks, and our private leadership community for networking: https://levelupwithethanevans.substack.com/

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