
Get Unstuck in Your Career in 5 Steps | Ethan Evans (former VP Amazon)
About this episode
My guest today is Ethan Evans, former VP at Amazon.
Ethan rose to VP at Amazon over 15 years and then retired to make $700,000 teaching product leaders while only working 20 hours a week.
Ethan and I talked about:
The magic loop to level up at any company and how to get unstuck
How to systematically build trust with leadership
How to build a $700K+ business while working part time
Ethan is an incredible career coach and product leader. If you enjoy our conversation, please like and subscribe to support the podcast.
Timestamps:
(00:00) Why trust is built more in negative events
(02:11) The Magic Loop framework to grow your career
(04:46) Where people get stuck in the Magic Loop
(07:09) How to ask your manager for constructive feedback
(11:02) The #1 thing that leaders need to do well
(16:38) How to build a strong relationship with your manager
(22:51) How Ethan built trust by taking a risk to disagree with his SVP
(29:41) How NVIDIA succeeded by simply surviving
(31:28) How Ethan recovered from failing Jeff Bezos
(37:39) Making $700K a year in retirement as a creator
(44:31) Every tech person should be doing this
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