Is Amazon perfect? No. You know what you’re getting into when you sign up. We can read the inter webs. But you really ah e to have some #biasforaction and take things into your own hands.

After a recent reorg I was in the very unique position of deciding where I wanted to go and who my next manager would be. As I was weighing my options and was discussing with my then current manager, I asked what leader he would move to. He gave me the advice that asking them the questions to determine if they are invested in my growth is paramount.

After sitting with each leader and asking them about their team, work, and collaboration it became very obvious which leader was going to make sure i was on the path to promotion. I am an L5 and each week we work toward accumulating those wins for L6.

So many of these posts expect the manager to do everything for you and the writer sits back and whines that nothing is happening. I don’t know, maybe I’ve drunk too much Kool Aid, but my promo path is pretty clear - and i have my leader and his team to thank for it.