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> Success at Amazon is deeply driven by networking

I've seen this at other places. It created toxic politics and divisive cliques.

Without dragging it out too much, I'd think there needs to be a high level of accountability that can overpower strong consensus around low sources of truth and group think.

It would be great (and appreciated) to hear any opinions you have on this topic.

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The decisions aren't made by the network. Decisions are driven by knowledge and data and a sense for how we are able to provide the best possible customer outcome.

It's not a "who you know.." sort of environment, but networking will make you more productive because somewhere, on planet earth, someone at Amazon, is thinking about that thing, you just thought of, and they're going to be super excited to compare notes and ideate with you!

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