AWS Employee Reflects on Departure After Four Years, Cites AI Focus and Organizational Changes
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Summary
An AWS employee shares their experience of being fired after four years at the company, citing organizational changes and an accelerated focus on Generative AI as key drivers of their unhappiness. The author expresses relief at leaving, noting that the company has changed significantly since they joined in 2022, particularly in how it engages with open source communities.
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· 4 pulledToday marks four years since I joined AWS. My last day will be Friday.
I have to say being fired from AWS is actually a relief.
There have been a lot of changes to the company since I joined in 2022, and the company I wanted to work for is no longer the same company.
This past year, while I was doing my best to make AWS play nice in open source communities, there were two main drivers making me unhappy with my job: organizational change and the acceleration of the focus on Generative AI.
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