Ex-Amazon (and ex-Vmware) here.
Worked at AWS from 2008 to 2014 (Europe, then Asia, then USA), then Vmware (also USA) from 2014 to 2016.
I then spent ~1 year at a startup, as CTO - the experience sucked, and I consider it to simply be a big mistake.
1.5 years ago, I left that job, worked on a new idea, and in August 2017 I founded a startup, Fabrica, with two other friends.
I am still there. No salary. Bootstrapped until March, then raised some angel money. Doing ok.
I will never go back to the corporate world. I'm done with it. I have some money on the side, and I firmly believe that money is to buy things that matter to you. To me, not working at a corporation matters.
Worked at AWS from 2008 to 2014 (Europe, then Asia, then USA), then Vmware (also USA) from 2014 to 2016.
I then spent ~1 year at a startup, as CTO - the experience sucked, and I consider it to simply be a big mistake.
1.5 years ago, I left that job, worked on a new idea, and in August 2017 I founded a startup, Fabrica, with two other friends.
I am still there. No salary. Bootstrapped until March, then raised some angel money. Doing ok.
I will never go back to the corporate world. I'm done with it. I have some money on the side, and I firmly believe that money is to buy things that matter to you. To me, not working at a corporation matters.