My first week of on-call after coming back to Amazon | job hunting, birthday ER visit

My on-call week at Amazon was supposed to be a typical engineering vlog—SEV-2s, ops meetings, the usual chaos. Instead, it became the week I decided to leave. After a late-night journaling session crystallized what I'd been avoiding for months, I applied to 10 jobs overnight, scheduled my first recruiter call within 24 hours, and spent my 25th birthday in the ER. This is what happens when you finally stop enduring and start choosing yourself—even when nothing is going according to plan. *some of my career vlogs:* i gOt bURnT oUt HAHA:    • I burnt out at my tech job… so I took 2 da...   My first week back at work from medical leave:    • My manager got FIRED while I was on leave ...   🌟 *socials:* TikTok: @aprilsrambles Instagram: @aprilsrambles Subscribe for regular videos!    / @aprilsrambles   💮 *timestamps:* 0:00 Chapter 1: Back on Call - team chaos, manager changes, vision board 1:58 Chapter 2: The Grind Begins - late lunch, cat allergies, getting paged 5:16 Chapter 3: Breaking Point - back-to-back meetings, physical stress 7:56 Chapter 4: The Revelation 10:14 Chapter 5: Momentum Shift 11:26 Chapter 6: The First Call 13:21 Chapter 7: Walking & Talking - Seattle waterfront, unpacking the "good job" myth 16:35 Chapter 8: Birthday Reflections - turning 25, friendship epiphany, ditching big parties 19:37 Chapter 9: Birthday Chaos - ER visit, editing jail, wrapping up on-call 🔑 *keywords:* software engineer, amazon, on call, tech job, career change, job hunting, quitting job, software engineering vlog, week in my life, seattle, tech burnout, corporate life, career crisis, amazon engineer, swe vlog, job search, tech industry, work life balance, leaving tech, birthday vlog, software developer, career pivot, tech reality, amazon swe, engineer life, medical leave, job applications, recruiter call, vision board, friendship, turning 25, frontal lobe development, golden handcuffs, promotion, team merge, ops meeting, leetcode, interview prep, er visit, journaling, manifestation, corporate culture, asian american, first gen, april's rambles, seattle living, corporate vlog, corporate girl, seattle lifestyle vlog, #corporatelife #weekinmylifevlog #motivation *sub-count:* 198!! *editing time:* 17 hours!