My Realistic 9–5 as a Software Engineer at Amazon

Balance Beam Board
Balance Beam Board
Sep 14, 2026

come spend a day with me as a software engineer at amazon during my on-call week ☁️

in this vlog, i’m taking you through a realistic work day that starts with a 4am page, morning standup, ticket investigations, my 1:1 with my manager, working from a coffee shop, and ending the day with peer reviews and way too much mental exhaustion. i also talk a bit about what on-call is actually like, how i deal with the stress of it, and my thoughts on layoffs, ai, and the future of working in tech.