I work on AI at Amazon. My biggest career regret is waiting years to build a reputation outside the company.
Abhinav Bohra, a senior applied scientist at Amazon, said he wishes he'd started building a professional reputation outside the company earlier. Abhinav Bohra Abhinav Bohra's biggest career regret: letting his work stay behind Amazon's walls. He developed a list of rules for himself to follow as he built greater professional visibility. Going public opened doors — but added an AI "learning tax" to his nights and weekends. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Abhinav Bohra, a senior applied scientist at Amazon. He's in his 30s and lives in Seattle. The following has been edited for length and clarity. For most of my career, everything I built lived and died inside Amazon . I joined Amazon in 2019 as a data scientist and eventually became a senior applied scientist in 2024. My background is in AI recommendation systems, and I work on models that help determine which products shoppers see on Amazon . While I was building a reputation inside the c...
