Exit Interview The Life And Death Of My Ambitious Career Kristi Coulter by Kristi Coulter 9780374600907, 0374600902 instant download after payment.

A candid, intensely funny memoir of ambition, gender, & a grueling decade inside Amazon.com, from the author of Nothing Good Can Come from This.
"A unique & brilliant book." — Oliver Burkeman, author of Four Thousand Weeks

What would you sacrifice for your career? All your free time? Your sense of self-worth? Your sanity?

In 2006, Kristi Coulter left her cozy but dull job for a promising new position at the fast-growing Amazon.com, but she never expected the soul-crushing pressure that would come with it.

In no time she found the challenge and excitement she'd been craving—along with seven-day workweeks, lifeboat exercises, widespread burnout, & a culture driven largely by fear. But the chase, the visibility, and, let's face it, the stock options proved intoxicating, and so, for 12 years, she stayed—until she no longer recognized the face in the mirror or the mission she'd signed up for.

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Kristi Coulter is the author of Nothing Good Can Come from This, which was a finalist for a 2019 Washington State Book Award. She holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of Michigan. She is a former Ragdale resident & the recipient of a grant from the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts. Her work has appeared in New York magazine, The Paris Review, Elle, & The Believer, among other publications.