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

Posted by WilliamChanner on Monday September 05, 2011 @07:23PM
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Was Jeff a programmer? Does anybody have a quick break down on how Amazon got started?

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Re:Ask HN: Who built the first site of Amazon.com? by staunch on Monday September 05, 2011 @09:25PM (#2963769)

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?...

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Re:Ask HN: Who built the first site of Amazon.com? by ig1 on Monday September 05, 2011 @07:58PM (#2963635)

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

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Re:Ask HN: Who built the first site of Amazon.com? by revorad on Tuesday September 06, 2011 @02:55AM (#2964470)

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Re:Ask HN: Who built the first site of Amazon.com? by WilliamChanner on Tuesday September 06, 2011 @05:54PM (#2967441)

thanks for this interesting read!

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Re:Ask HN: Who built the first site of Amazon.com? by jasonz on Monday September 05, 2011 @09:26PM (#2963774)

edit: Staunch wins by 1 min - good work

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Re:Ask HN: Who built the first site of Amazon.com? by WilliamChanner on Tuesday September 06, 2011 @05:54PM (#2967437)

indeed he did :)

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