E5: Building Your Career - Apple Or Amazon Way
Both Apple and Amazon are successful technology companies. Yet their operating philosophies differ. Let's explore a mental model to build our career from their operating principles.
Apple's core thesis is: People who are serious about software should make their own hardware.
So they make chips, design computers, develop software, and even create services. They control every layer of their offering. Because of this, they can give an excellent customer experience, and thus charge premium prices.
When it comes to Amazon, their core philosophy is: The competitor's margin is my opportunity
They squeeze out as many pennies as possible from their operations so they can give their customers the lowest price. They use technology to be frugal.
You can be like Apple. You can understand the customer needs so well and develop expertise in every layer of the delivery.
Or you can be like Amazon. Take one component of a layer. Optimize it so much with tools and scripts, so that you can deliver your work faster. When your delivery is fast, you’ll get opportunities to work on multiple projects which in turn will deepen your expertise.
I hope you got a mental model to think about your career.
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So they make chips, design computers, develop software, and even create services. They control every layer of their offering. Because of this, they can give an excellent customer experience, and thus charge premium prices.
When it comes to Amazon, their core philosophy is: The competitor's margin is my opportunity
They squeeze out as many pennies as possible from their operations so they can give their customers the lowest price. They use technology to be frugal.
You can be like Apple. You can understand the customer needs so well and develop expertise in every layer of the delivery.
Or you can be like Amazon. Take one component of a layer. Optimize it so much with tools and scripts, so that you can deliver your work faster. When your delivery is fast, you’ll get opportunities to work on multiple projects which in turn will deepen your expertise.
I hope you got a mental model to think about your career.
Thank you for listening to this episode of the Gravitas WINS podcast. If you have a question or comment, reach out to me via email or Twitter, or LinkedIn.
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