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Re: Email from Jeff Bezos to employees

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Post by mywittyname »

edanm wrote: post #58
jgalt212 wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

without Andy (and AWS), I'd posit that Jeff would just be another regular old billionaire who'd own a sports team, but otherwise folks would not know much about.

I'm pretty sure you're wrong. Most people have no idea what AWS is, but know what Amazon the consumer business is. AWS is only well known among tech circles.

I kind of agree. But without AWS, Amazon could never have become the Amazon that we know today. AWS brings in the vast majority of the profits (sometimes >100%) for Amazon, despite being a modest proportion of revenue (~10%).

This is what generates the funding necessary for Amazon to do the crazy things that make Amazon amazing. Amazon - AWS = digital Walmart. Big and profitable, but not Amazon.

Re: Email from Jeff Bezos to employees

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Post by _nickwhite »

I remember in the late 90's when Amazon competed with Barnes and Noble (here in the US) to sell books online. An interesting fact that stuck with me about Amazon back then is they didn't use any crazy javascript or front-end emerging tech- it was really basic HTML that drove the website and shopping cart.

Their current logo, which smiles from A to Z (buy everything from A to Z!) hasn't always been the logo- as they started out just selling books with a vastly different image.

Here's an interesting journey through the logos: https://www.freelogodesign.org/blog/2018/09/10/the-amazon-lo...

Re: Email from Jeff Bezos to employees

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Post by foobarian »

kaszanka wrote: post #74
Jonnax wrote: post #13

" Amazon is also announcing today that Jeff Bezos will transition to the role of Executive Chair in the third quarter of 2021 and Andy Jassy will become Chief Executive Officer at that time. “Amazon is what it is because of invention. We do crazy things together and then make them normal. We pioneered customer reviews, 1-Click, personalized recommendations, Prime’s insanely-fast shipping, Just Walk Out shopping, the…

Amazon did not invent customer reviews.

*on the web

Re: Email from Jeff Bezos to employees

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Post by elindbe3 »

keanebean86 wrote: post #81
wiremine wrote: post #63

Crazy, he's one of those guys that you think will just be at the top forever. Hopefully the transition for Amazon is as (seemingly) seamless as the Steve Jobs/Tim Cook transition was for Apple.

Retiring at 57 is pretty risky. Hopefully his savings hold out. He's looking at 30 more years of life. Personally I would be too cautious to leave this early. Edit: risking -> risky; fixed life sentence

Yeah, he's just one health crisis from complete bankruptcy. What if he goes to the hospital complaining of a headache and they charge him $182 billion for an aspirin?

Re: Email from Jeff Bezos to employees

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Post by desireco42 »

paxys wrote: post #52

It was public knowledge that Bezos stopped running Amazon day-to-day a while ago. It was headed by the two execs under him (Andy Jassy for AWS and Jeff Wilke for retail). Jassy even had the CEO (of AWS) title. With Wilke announcing his retirement a few months ago, Jassy was the clear frontrunner to take over from Bezos. In hindsight I guess Wilke retired because Jassy was picked over him. The timing of the announceme…

Sounds like Jeff Wilke felt a little bit left out?

Re: Email from Jeff Bezos to employees

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Post by 2muchcoffeeman »

mssundaram wrote: post #24
mc32 wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe he’ll take a cue from Bill Gates and get involved in philanthropy. Alternatively he might get more involved in Blue Origin?

Perhaps Bill Gates truly has developed compassion for the less fortunate, however moving his money into the foundation is a very convenient tax strategy, and I suspect he enjoys the challenges and influence he has, and less so the warm fuzzies from helping people. (I anticipate this comment will not go over well, as it seems I must just not see the truth that Bill Gates is a perfectly benevolent being who has ascende…

I anticipate this comment will not go over well, as it seems I must just not see the truth that Bill Gates is a perfectly benevolent being who has ascended from human qualities

He’s not benevolent or lead a perfectly good life. But he decided to spend his billions on trying to improve the world and you all are still hung up on the anti trust things he did at Microsoft. Or think he’s doing it to “gain power and influence” or as a tax dodge.

You don’t have to forgive him. But stop coming up with weird conspiracy theories about why he’s spending his money and let go of the unscrupulous business decisions.

Re: Email from Jeff Bezos to employees

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Post by missedthecue »

DoctorNick wrote: post #65
astrojams wrote: post #20

I worked for AWS for a few years under Andy. He's a good pick for CEO of that company.

Will he stop immiserating the warehouse workers that work for them?

a living wage (as defined by the internet's favorite vermont politician) is immiserating?
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