AWS hired 66 former US gov officials since 2018; half are from Dept of Defense

Re:AWS hired 66 former US gov officials since 2018; half are... by geodel on Friday June 04, 2021 @04:53PM (#27398948)

This would make sense. Unlike Google where a woke employee might start gas-lighting coworker if they worked for DoD or berating Google if it tries to work with DoD. Amazon seems to have better handle on situation.

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Re:AWS hired 66 former US gov officials since 2018; half are... by throwaway9980 on Friday June 04, 2021 @04:58PM (#27398997)

I recall Bezos making some public statements a couple years ago pushing back on internal objections to working with DoD. Something to the effect of “I understand the concern, but if you think the US doesn’t need a strong military, you’re mistaken, and if you think the US is generally a bad actor, you’re mistaken.”

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Re:AWS hired 66 former US gov officials since 2018; half are... by geodel on Friday June 04, 2021 @05:27PM (#27399255)

Good. He seems like man of convictions.

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