Day in the Life as an Amazon Software Engineer | Switching Teams, Moving to New York

Try out Hostinger Horizons: https://www.hostinger.com/PhillipChe and use code PhillipChe for 10% off! A realistic look at what working as a software engineer in big tech looks like, both inside and outside of office - transitioning teams at Amazon, preparing to move to New York, and how AI is affecting my daily workflow. 💻 Trying to break into tech? Check out the Career Playbook - https://www.phillipche.com/career-playbook 💬 Chat with Me - https://cal.com/phillip-che 🎒 Check out My Gear - https://www.phillipche.com/gear 👨‍💻Connect more about me: https://www.phillipche.com/ community discord: https://discord.gg/mnp8Gf2mP2 instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philllip.che linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/phillipche business inquiries: [email protected] 🎬 Chapters 0:00 - Intro 0:14 - Wake up 0:36 - Morning routine 0:56 - Standup meeting 1:37 - Commute to office 2:37 - Setup desk, read emails, code reviews 3:06 - Lunch and learn session 4:32 - Agent prompting, demo meetings, reviewing AI code 5:11 - Internal transfers at Amazon 5:34 - Why I switched teams 6:35 - Moving to New York 7:06 - Thoughts after joining new team 7:44 - Hanging out with teammates after work 9:13 - Working at Olympia Coffee 10:12 - Hostinger Horizons Sponsorship 11:23 - Grinding after work and 1:1 chat with viewer 12:08 - Heading home and winding down 13:03 - Vibe coding and career playbook 13:44 - Unboxing new 2026 M5 MacBook 15:04 - Outro 🎤 Music I do not own the music in this video. ALL credits go to the rightful owners. Feel free to follow my playlist! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1eG0t4kEyujAQgzlOnmPb7 #softwareengineer #amazon #seattle #softwaredeveloper #faang #computerscience #finance #techlife #corporatelife #aijobs #artificialintelligencejobs #aicareers #machinelearningjobs #mljobs #aiengineer #aijobsremote #datasciencejobs #realistic