While Amazon might be a long way from where it started, in the beginning, its founder Jeff Bezos still had to go through the process of hiring the first ever employee. A 1994 post has resurfaced of the founder's first job post.
Jeff Bezos' Fist Amazon Job Posting in 1994 Revealed
In the beginning, Jeff Bezos had to go through the process of starting up the company by himself. Due to the massive success of Amazon today, it's interesting to see who the first person they hired was.
A post by Jon Erlichman on Twitter revealed how the first job posting of Jeff Bezos went. While still being a startup company during that time, Bezos was looking for a person that had a
BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or the equivalent."
Jeff Bezos posted the first job ad for Amazon on this day in 1994: pic.twitter.com/BjRQSsXX9g
— Jon Erlichman (@JonErlichman) August 22, 2022
Ad was Posted on August 22, 1994 Saying 'It's Easier to Invent the Future than to Predict It'
The founder's taste in quotes was also present in this job posting as it included a statement from Alan Kay. The quote said that "it's easier to invent the future than to predict it."
As per its official listing, Bezos posted the ad on August 22, 1994. The job posting also included a mail, fax, and address.
First Amazon Employee Ever was Shel Kaphan Who Lived in Seattle
The job posting highlighted that the compensation will also include "meaningful equity ownership" saying that they are an "equal opportunity employer." In a 2016 post on Y Combinator, it was revealed that the first Amazon employee ever was Shel Kaphan who is still living in Seattle.
Even before Amazon, Shel reportedly had a good experience since he was working as a programmer since 1975. His first ever real programming job was called Information Interantional, Inc. in Los Angeles.
The job was reportedly a spinoff of MIT. He reportedly started working there for a summer job back in 1975. It was noted that in 1994, he was working for a joint venture of Apple and IBM called Kaleida Labs.
How Shel Kaphan and Jeff Bezos were Introduced to One Another
Shel was in contact with Herb Jellinek, who he worked with at Xerox, and was connected with Jeff Bezos. During that time, Bezos wanted to leave his job at a hedge fund to create a web-related business.
Herb initially talked to Jeff and Jeff flew to meet Shel. They all had breakfast together and they started talking about where the base might be, which was then decided to be in Seattle.
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Ad was Rated as 'Very Weak' by Modern Standards
Going back to the ad, an article by Geek Wire shares that the ad used by Jeff Bezos would get a rating of "very weak" by modern standards and this offers people a glimpse of how tech has evolved.
An article by CNBC confirmed the job posting saying it was initially uploaded to Usenet.
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Written by Urian B.
