Ria Conley’s Reviews > Exit Interview: The Life and Death of My Ambitious Career > Status Update

“If they cared about women fleeing, they would try to be less fleeable. Maybe that’s what keeps me at Amazon after all this time, knowing that when I finally walk away, it will be as if I never existed. At least while I’m there, I can hold out hopes for recognition.”

“I just want to reiterate that the vlookup thing threw me,” he says. “That’s basic, basic stuff.” It’s tempting to confess that I also don’t know how to do a vlookup, but this probably isn’t the moment.

“You know how to manage people, yes? You know how to write a solid document and think critically. You understand how Amazon uses data. You can persuade people on other teams to do things. This is 90 percent of most jobs at Amazon. The other 10 percent is just shit to learn, which you can also do.”

“Nothing in my career has prepared me for this stuff. But of course I’m going to adapt, shape-shift while no one is looking.”