Yin Zhong summivox

Originally posted at http://pastebin.com/BjD84BQ3

Trigger warning: mention of suicidal ideation

tl;dr: I burned out as a developer at Amazon at the end of my second year. I’ve since found a healthy and sustainable work-life balance and enjoy work again. I write this to A) raise awareness, especially for new-hires and their families, and B) help give hope and advice to people going through the same at Amazon or other companies.

Hello, world

There’s been no shortage of anecdotes, opinions, and rebuttals regarding Amazon’s corporate culture as of late. I write this not to capitalize on the latest news-feed fad, but to share what I had already written and promptly deleted. I didn’t think anyone would want to hear my story, but it’s apparent people are going through a similar experience and don’t have a voice.

I’m a Software Development Engineer II at Amazon; SDE II basically means a software developer with at least 2–3 years of industry experience. I started at Amazon as an SDE I.

	function rtp = rtp_assign(rtp, param)
	% faster impl of `Simulink.BlockDiagram.modifyTunableParameters` for batch
	% modification from struct

	for i = 1:numel(rtp.parameters)
	m = rtp.parameters(i).map;
	n = numel(m);
	for j = 1:n
	k = m(j).ValueIndices;
	name = m(j).Identifier;

	use std::io::Result;

	use imxrt_ral as ral;

	macro_rules! reg_addr {
	($block:expr, $reg:ident) => {
	unsafe { ::core::ptr::addr_of!((*($block)).$reg) as u32 }
	}
	}

	#pragma endian big
	#pragma eval_depth 100

	enum CommandType : u8 {
	Nop = 0xC0,
	Write = 0xCC,
	Check = 0xCF,
	Dcd = 0xD2,
	};

	#include <array>

	#include "imxrt.h"

	constexpr uint8_t kShifterIndex = 0;
	constexpr uint8_t kTimerBaudIndex = 0;
	constexpr uint8_t kTimerLowIndex = 1;
	constexpr uint8_t kTimerHighIndex = 2;
	constexpr uint8_t kOutputPin = 0;
	constexpr uint8_t kShifterPin = 1;

	#pragma eval_depth 50
	#pragma endian big

	#include <std/io.pat>

	enum GpmfElemType : char {
	CONTAINER = '\x00',
	COMPLEX = '?',
	I8 = 'b',
	U8 = 'B',

	#pragma once

	#include "driver/i2c.h"
	#include "esp_err.h"
	#include "freertos/FreeRTOS.h"

	/// Thin C++ wrapper for the C API of ESP-IDF I2C master transactions.
	///
	/// Features:
	///

	#pragma once

	#include <atomic>

	#include "esp_err.h"
	#include "freertos/FreeRTOS.h"
	#include "freertos/task.h"

	/// Bare-minimum wrapper base class for a FreeRTOS task. This allows encapsulation of a task
	/// alongside with its context.

	#include <cstdint>

	#include "Joystick.h"

	const int16_t gate_r = 3340;
	const int16_t gate_12 = 2690;
	const int16_t gate_34 = 2000;
	const int16_t gate_56 = 1230;
	const int16_t gate_7 = 550;

	# vim: ft=python
	from itertools import chain

	def flatten(x):
	return list(chain.from_iterable(x))

	G = globals()

	# USB Identification