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

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

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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?...

ig115 anni fa

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

revorad15 anni fa

thanks for this interesting read!

jasonz15 anni fa

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 :)