Amazon to Google

I moved from Amazon to Google in July. The biggest change has been more than the company name: different hardware, a different scale, and a different rhythm to the day.

Same craft, different scale

At Amazon, I built the OS platform for Just Walk Out's NVIDIA Jetson-based edge devices, using embedded Linux, Yocto, firmware, and low-level C/C++. The devices I helped enable reached more than 10,000 deployments globally and reduced ML/vision-algorithm-related operating expense by 80%.

At Google Cloud, I work on BMC software for NVIDIA GPU platforms, including GB200 and VR200. The context has changed from local computation on edge devices to data-center infrastructure. The common thread is making physical machines dependable and maintainable.

Cloud feels intense so far, though some of that is simply being new. I would not turn an early impression of one team into a verdict on two companies.

WFH, and what I miss

I appreciate working from home, but I miss sitting beside coworkers, spontaneous conversations, and shared lunches. Those interactions used to happen naturally; now they require intention.

Food and perks are part of every Amazon-versus-Google comparison. For me, lunch with people matters more than the menu. Culture feels less like a list of company traits and more like the interactions that make up a week.

I want to keep learning the whole hardware-to-software stack while making room for human connection. This move does not need a winner and a loser. I am excited about the work; I also want an ordinary Tuesday to feel good.