Working At AWS - All You NEED To Know - With A National SA Manager

Working at AWS, all you need to know from Tony's perspective as National Segment Leader, and mine as a Sr Solutions Architect. We touched on the role of a solutions architect, the big part AWS certifications play in the day-to-day job, the big question of whether it's mandatory or not for an SA to be a programmer, and much, much more like working at AWS review and AWS culture of innovation → Use the index below to navigate to your section 00:00 intro 01:00 Who is Tony Colantonio 02:18 Why work at AWS? 03:45 DFW - Don't Fight the Web 06:00 Did being AWS certified help you get the job? 07:58 Don't use certs to get knowledge, use them to validate your knowledge 08:24 Leadership Principles (LPs) are paramount to AWS → www.amazon.jobs/principles 11:00 An SA is always building for the worst-case scenario 13:50 What are the success criteria for an SA 14:05 Difference between Sales Engineer and Solutions Architect 14:40 A successful SA knows how to scale 15:49 Successful SAs can easily become CTOs 16:41 Luck is when preparation meets opportunity 17:17 The harder I work, the luckier I get 17:44 What is expected from a new SA during their first 3 months 20:50 What is expected from a new SA during their first 6 months 22:10 What is expected from a new SA during their first 12 months 22:42 At AWS, you don't need a position to be open to get a promotion 25:31 Amazon's narrative culture 27:28 What are TFCs? 29:50 The advantages of being part of a TFC 32:42 You will never be an expert in 200+ services 34:56 Is a developer background required to become an SA? 37:35 An SA works hand in hand with their Account Manager (AM) 39:30 An SA is more than just a technical consultant 42:18 Outro 14 LPs: https://www.amazon.jobs/en/principles #AWS #SolutionsArchitect #awscertification 🙋🏻 Wanna be friends? → WinTheCloud Community: https://link.winthe.cloud/I4Wb → LinkedIn:   / ilyasbakouch   → Last Week in Cloud ⛅️ Newsletter: https://link.winthe.cloud/I4UU