Left AWS 2 weeks ago: more progress validating ideas than 6 months at AWS
WesEklund · x · 2026-09-15
WesEklund shares that two weeks after leaving AWS, he has worked harder validating business ideas than in six months at the company — an anecdote of the tech-to-founder transition.
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