Amazon to Build Second HQ in North America

Re:Amazon to Build Second HQ in North America by devmunchies on Thursday September 07, 2017 @12:29PM (#15193348)

> I know you want to pitch SS

Frankly, I don't care either way. I work in downtown Seattle in Amazon's back yard. I just know SS has a healthy tech scene and not a lot of people know about it.

> saying UoU and BYU are great universities is just wrong

What? Am I missing something?

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Re:Amazon to Build Second HQ in North America by product50 on Thursday September 07, 2017 @01:03PM (#15193731)

Here are the top eng colleges in US: https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-engineering...

Do you see UoU and BYU there in the top 50? I don't either. For contrast, 2 of Silicon Valley's univs are in top 5.

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Re:Amazon to Build Second HQ in North America by devmunchies on Thursday September 07, 2017 @01:17PM (#15193853)

Ok, they are both top 100 for engineering and top 50 for business programs.

I think you are confusing "great" with "top" or "prestigious". They are great universities.

And college rankings aren't everything. Those universities put out a high volume entrepreneurs, more than most of the top 50 engineering schools. For example, I don't see most of the top engineering schools on this list: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DHB_9l_UAAE8Fzn.jpg

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Re:Amazon to Build Second HQ in North America by david-cako on Thursday September 07, 2017 @01:30PM (#15193981)

I suspect this is a Utah cultural affect. Mormon attitudes and community culture VERY strongly promotes entrepreneurship. Missions are good sales experience too.

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Re:Amazon to Build Second HQ in North America by matrix on Thursday September 07, 2017 @01:57PM (#15194209)

Here is the the list of top Computer Science programs:

https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-sch...

#40: University of Utah.

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