When you're pioneering in a new area t it's quite difficult. We focused on, what are real problems thatsar facing softwere developers to day and how can we build the product that solves those problems? You see too, that it started off as a as we wanted to help a teams provision hardware so they could build and employ services on the web. It turned out it wasn't provisioning really we were selling compute power and compute cycles. And there were some unsolved problems and we had to go tacklein how to do that. But i think once you really understand the problem and what the the challenge is to solving that problem are, then it becomes much clearer how to go, how
In episode 70, Colin Bryar shares how Amazon improved their hiring process with Bar Raisers and why they ditched Powerpoints during decision-making meetings.
Colin was previously known as Jeff Bezo’s right-hand man during his time as Vice President of Amazon. Today, he is the co-author of “Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon.”
In this episode, Colin shares the importance of leadership principles and how to implement them.
We also talk about why narratives provide clarity of thought and Colin’s experience writing, reviewing, and exploring them.
Tune in to hear how Colin spent his time at Amazon and the types of meetings he had as a leader.