It’s 7:20am and I get paged before my manager does, so we’re starting the day in full on-call mode. In this video I walk you through what a remote(ish) Amazon SWE day actually looks like: triaging Sev2s, screenshotting a million metrics for my ticket report, and getting my on-call handover ready for the 10am meeting. I also show how I keep myself from spiraling when the day feels overwhelming (I literally just write a list), and why I still work hybrid right now—my building doesn’t even have enough desks, so I’m only going in three days a week. After the handover, I’m off call and back to project work: customer tickets, investigating data mismatches, and thinking a lot about code quality (yes, I’ve learned that fewer code review revisions is a real signal). I talk about why I switch locations between tasks—finals week energy—and take you to my favorite café for a reset before my one-on-one (which always makes me anxious for no reason). Then we get into my side project: a Windows-98-style outfit generator app using Gemini / Nano Banana so it actually looks like I’m wearing the clothes. I share what broke, what I’m adding next, and why I genuinely think using AI tools is the future if you want to move fast and build things that matter.