Dog Eat Diogenes

A Tech Worker's Descent into Psychosis

tech industry

  • The Internship

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    2 min read

    I fell in love with Amazon during my college internship. It was my first big tech experience. My mentor and manager were excellent, and I thrived. I worked really hard and loved every second of it. I loved using Python and the Brazil build system. Learning from senior engineers and attending the Principals of Amazon…

  • Why Am I Writing This?


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    3 min read

    
I’m haunted by one of my first Amazon performance reviews: They were right. Why I am writing this I am writing this so you don’t end up like I did: totally mentally broken. That might seem unthinkable to you right now. It did to me too, even after it happened. There’s growing scientific evidence that…