I did a side-project related to Second Life in 2007, and it landed me a job at Amazon Web Services in 2008.
I narrated the story back then, and replicated it on Medium [0].
I don't want to brag or anything, but please trust me if I tell you that this is a good story to read.
[0]: https://simon.medium.com/2008-how-i-got-hired-by-amazon-com-...
I love "A job is not everything in someone’s life, but it’s very, very important to love your job." from your article. After a couple burnouts over a decade in this industry, I truly seek positions I at least think I'll love.
(I know you are joking).
First, give yourself an hourly anal probe for a few days. If you can deal with that, then you may be able to deal with working at Amazon.
> I love "A job is not everything in someone’s life, but it’s very, very important to love your job."
There are literally billions of people on earth who go to work everyday not “loving their job”. I don’t dislike my job no more than I dislike using the bathroom everyday. It’s just something I have to do to survive.