A FUN Day in the Life of a Big Tech NYC Software Engineer

This is a day in my life as a big tech (Amazon) software engineer living in New York City. Not every day is fun or eventful, but today I had a cross-company event with companies like Meta, Google, Spotify, Nike, and more through their employee resource group programs (ours is called Asians @ Amazon). Organizations like these are great for connecting with employees in similar companies and careers, and the events themselves are FUN. But nothing prepared me for the game night we had, and I thankfully had a first-hand look at it because I was running one of the games. Thankful to all the tech companies and their hardworking involved employees for letting us have some fun at work. 0:00 - Agenda for today 0:46 - Morning swim 2:21 - Walk home 3:15 - First meeting 3:44 - Breakfast 5:09 - Getting ready 6:52 - Leave apartment 7:29 - CitiBike to office 8:24 - Arrive at office 9:02 - Office phone booths 9:22 - Unpack 10:11 - Coffee break 10:47 - Office rooftop tour 11:57 - Back to work 12:34 - Coworker birthday surprise 13:27 - Finish work 13:47 - Huddle room tour 14:38 - Cross company game night 15:34 - Game night check in 16:12 - Game night briefing 16:40 - Game night practice 18:26 - Shamrock shake 19:12 - Awards ceremony 20:09 - Commute home