Episode description

My guest today is Ethan Evans, former VP at Amazon.

Ethan rose to VP at Amazon over 15 years and then retired to make $700,000 teaching product leaders while only working 20 hours a week.

Ethan and I talked about:

The magic loop to level up at any company and how to get unstuck

How to systematically build trust with leadership

How to build a $700K+ business while working part time

Ethan is an incredible career coach and product leader. If you enjoy our conversation, please like and subscribe to support the podcast.

Timestamps:

(00:00) Why trust is built more in negative events

(02:11) The Magic Loop framework to grow your career

(04:46) Where people get stuck in the Magic Loop

(07:09) How to ask your manager for constructive feedback

(11:02) The #1 thing that leaders need to do well

(16:38) How to build a strong relationship with your manager

(22:51) How Ethan built trust by taking a risk to disagree with his SVP

(29:41) How NVIDIA succeeded by simply surviving

(31:28) How Ethan recovered from failing Jeff Bezos

(37:39) Making $700K a year in retirement as a creator

(44:31) Every tech person should be doing this

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