A story about Angelina Jolie
I have the same birth date as her. She seems a bit quirky.
A long time ago, I interviewed with her once for a PM position in the C7Y group at Amazon.com.
In my experience, she’s never afraid to speak her mind or do what she thinks is the right thing.
The last time I interacted with Alex, he and Jordan were chiding H.B. and I for missing an interview retrospective. I think he may have been a bit annoyed (rightly so) that it wasn’t even a position on his team and we were imposing on his over-scheduled time.
I interviewed and recommended him for a former position of mine as a senior developer in Amazon.com’s Media Technologies team. He accepted and has since moved on to other (bigger and better) things.
The last time I saw Alan, I was wishing him well on new endeavors post-Amazon.com. I remember his warm personality, sincerity and enthusiasm to try something new and interesting.
While I was at Amazon, I was told that he’d be a great mentor. Unfortunately, I never tried to tap his well of management knowledge.