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I Coached an AWS Engineer Senior to Staff (Live)

2026-05-25 Science & Technology
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Get 6 months free of Linear Business (3 seats) to celebrate our partnership πŸ‘‰πŸ» Redeem at: https://linear.app/ale πŸ“˜ I wrote the book on technical behavioral interviews, nearly 1,000 interviews worth of lessons in one guide. Grab it here: https://geni.us/BehavioralInterview-yt If you want to be in the hot-seat for the next video like this, apply here: https://forms.gle/121P4FhVhxkBaPiq5 If you want to be in the hot-seat for the next video like this, apply here: https://forms.gle/121P4FhVhxkBaPiq5 πŸš€ Work directly with Steve to get a high performance review and your next tech promotion in a year, guaranteed! ➑️ http://go.alifeengineered.com/?utm_source=yt&utm_medium=lf&utm_campaign=s2p-nr&utm_content=ahmed-sponsored For the extended conversation, become a member to this channel or join my Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/alifeengineered/p/i-coached-an-aws-engineer-senior?r=2tt9s7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true πŸ’₯ Continue the conversation on my Discord server with like-minded viewers. The advice section is *chef's kiss* - https://discord.com/invite/HFVMbQgRJJ πŸ“ˆTransform your tech career with my free weekly newsletter - https://alifeengineered.substack.com/ CHAPTERS: 00:00 - You Have the Stories But Can't Tell Them 01:51 - From Egypt to AWS Seattle 02:57 - The Conflict Question Nobody Prepares For 07:17 - Flip Your Answer Around 12:04 - Stop Saying We 22:00 - The Principal Engineer Disagreement 36:31 - Disagree and Commit 43:00 - 20 Teams, 4 Weeks. 46:55 - Not Too High, Not Too Deep 48:26 - The 3 Pillars

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@ALifeEngineered 2026-05-25

Get 6 months free of Linear Business (3 seats) to celebrate our partnership πŸ‘‰πŸ» Redeem at: https://linear.app/ale

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@svenkang7356 2026-05-27

Respect to Ahmed who bravely put himself out there. There's actually so much value in this coaching session for listeners because he is making a lot of mistakes and there's many areas he can improve on. It's easy to judge him sitting back but real interviewing is obviously very challenging and messy. This is amazing value for engineering community, thank you Steve!

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@harshiii 2026-05-25

Can we please have more of this type of content? Live coaching someone who wants to get to next level.

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@chriszeng1488 2026-05-27

the whole industry has gotten so performative.

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@seethruhead7119 2026-05-25

the first question was rough i was yelling at the screen, "just tell me what the disagreement was!"

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@burgtechsolutions1196 2026-05-29

This entire video is such a great reminder of why working at big tech companies sucks so hard.

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@Fairdinkum007 2026-05-27

My read: He was concerned disclosing confidential information in a public setting. Once NDA’s are truly unenforceable and Engineers have the confidence they can speak about the things they built openly, I think the level of ability for that engineer to share their true contributions will lift markedly

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@Farmani 2026-05-26

So it’s not really about doing meaningful work β€” it’s about packaging answers in a way that keeps the interviewer happy long enough to move you to the next level. That’s the kind of corporate game I can’t stand.

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@excallibur4574 2026-06-01

Really great stuff, surprised this is free. More engineers need to focus on learning the science of persuasion & storytelling - it's our achilles heal as technical people.

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@MuscleTeamOfficial 2026-05-25

"Deduplication and undeduplication" 47:34 OH LAWDY

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