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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