Interview: Amazon Sr. Technical Program Manager (From Geology Major to a Technical Program Manager)

“My career has been an interesting one because it seems like it was a bit of a bunch of happy accidents” says Eric Stephens, Sr. Technical Program Manager at Amazon. In this video, Eric explains his journey of getting a job as a Business intelligence engineer as a geology major, his motivation for moving to Program Management from BIE and his day-to-day as a Sr. Technical Program Manager at Amazon. Hope this helps!
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00:19 Please tell me about yourself
01:45 Why did you move from Business Intelligence to Program Management?
03:45 Process of getting into Amazon
05:41 What does a technical interview look like?
06:50 What do you do as a Sr. Technical Program Manager?
10:47 Learning curve from BIE to TPM?
12:34 What do you like the most and the least about your role?
14:21 How to become a Technical Program Manager without the experience
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[@JohnJernigan770]

Great interview! Thanks for sharing!

[@CareerSchool]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@samparker2278]

Wow Geology to Amazon, wild!!

[@CareerSchool]

thanks for the comment :)

[@yolandadarricarrere2529]

I can relate! I was an economic and industrial geography major and now I'm obsessed with "all-things-IT" - LOVE!

[@SY27196]

Great .it gave me hope to find a place at Amazon
Thabks for sharing

[@CareerSchool]

thanks for the comment!

[@cmart674]

Great interview

[@CareerSchool]

Thanks for the comment! :)

[@bogikapanditharatna5657]

Great stuff . thanks . @eric can you please explain bit more about Automating solution for the problems you get ?

[@CareerSchool]

thanks for the comment! I would reach out to him directly on linkedin ;)