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This part is cute: "Familiarity with web servers and HTML would be helpful but is not necessary." Shows just how new the web was in '94.

• tybris 17y ago
  Most software engineers at a company like Amazon or Google never start Apache or see a line of HTML. Bezos knew exactly what he was looking for.
• wmf 17y ago
  A great contrast to all the other job openings in 1994 that required five years of Java, HTML, and Linux experience.
  • paulitex 17y ago
    Wow, that's a really tough requirement. Java was first publicly announced in 1995.
    • zackattack 17y ago
      You get one point for being smart enough to notice that Java wasn't announced til 1995. You lose two points for not being smart enough to realize he was joking.
      • ehsanul 17y ago
        It may not be obvious that it was a joke, given that impossible requirements have been asked of before. Case in point: requiring 3 years of rails development when it had only been in existence for 2 or so years.
        • fgcc 17y ago
          ..that was the joke
      • Tamerlin 17y ago
        I saw a post on one of the usenet forums from an HR guy looking for someone with 10 years of Java experience... in 1995.
      • paulitex 17y ago
        Touche. Brain's a bit foggy this morning.