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Ask HN: Who built the first site of Amazon.com?

7 points·WilliamChanner··6 comments

Was Jeff a programmer? Does anybody have a quick break down on how Amazon got started?

If you haven't seen it you might find one of the early Amazon job postings amusing: http://groups.google.com/group/mi.jobs/msg/d81b6c1fa8f361fc?...

Yes. His pre-Amazon background was developing technology for investment banks.

http://www.geekwire.com/2011/meet-shel-kaphan-amazoncom-empl...

thanks for this interesting read!

edit: Staunch wins by 1 min - good work

Bezos job post from 1994: http://groups.google.com/group/mi.jobs/msg/d81b6c1fa8f361fc?...

indeed he did :)

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