"See the silver lining, even in difficult situations." - Melissa Brown, Global FP&A, AWS Howdy friends, today we talked with our good friend and three year Amazon vet Melissa Brown!  We discussed  her lessons learned in finance, on career progression, and the importance of having a healthy outlook.  We also talked about great books and how her passion for French literature led to a career finance , naturally :) Enjoy! Melissa on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissa-brown-90b53335/ -- CONTACT THE SHOW: Website | https://www.charleskunken.com/podcast LinkedIn Group |  https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13919730/ Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/financeguyspodcast/ Email | [email protected] (Hit us up! Questions, comments, requests for guests, etc) Sid on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dhodi/ Charlie on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charleskunken Subscribe to the newsletter: https://www.charleskunken.com/subscribe  — Theme music by Good Baby. ‘Rose Colored’.  You can peep the full music video here: https://www.goodbaby.band/musicvideos