An ex-Amazon Principal Software Engineer with nearly 20 years of experiences shares how to apply systems thinking to engineer a more effective and intentional life.
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I Help Tech Professionals Level Up Fast @alifeengineered | YouTuber | Productivity Junkie | ex-Principal Engineer at Amazon
Practical field notes on agentic engineering, solo building, and what the frontier of software development looks like. Former L8 engineer at Meta, Microsoft, Atlassian.
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