A Day in the Life of an Amazon Software Engineer

Socials 💫 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahli.mp3/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sarahli.mp3 Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahli2001/ Email: ytubesarah@gmail.com After a year of building accounting software in big tech, I realized I wanted a role that felt more creative and collaborative. But honestly, I was scared that my experience wouldn’t transfer and I didn’t really know where to start looking. So I used Indeed to explore roles based on my skills, experience, and what I actually wanted from my next job. keyboard affiliate 😌 https://www.keychron.com/?ref=SARAH Check out the Indeed YouTube channel for more job searching advice #IndeedPartner: https://www.youtube.com/@Indeed Why do so many Canadian software engineers end up moving to the US? In this video, I’m breaking down the differences between working in tech in Canada and the US. From the opportunities and salaries to the completely different work cultures. I also talk about my own job-search journey, why I started considering roles in the US, and the conflict I felt about leaving Canada when Vancouver still feels like home. 📍 Chapters 0:00 Day in the life 0:52 My job at Amazon 2:02 Why everyone plans to leave 3:57 Job searching in secret 5:43 The $100K salary gap 8:08 Tall poppy syndrome 10:10 Canadians vs Americans 12:27 Dinner with friends Music by Naomi - Osaka - https://thmatc.co/?l=A95C6523 Music by Naomi - Saturday Light - https://thmatc.co/?l=37DEA820 Music by Naomi - 1995 - https://thmatc.co/?l=8BF20C94 subscribers 107,000