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Amazon employee here - Here's an overview of how Amazon does "Working Backwards" narratives - https://www.forbes.com/sites/innovatorsdna/2017/08/08/how-does-ama

• mwexler 8y ago
  That was a good read. Thanks for pointing it out.
  • jamesblonde 8y ago
    The first few lines are a straight out lie! Alexa was not developed internally at Amazon - it was bought in, on the cheap - https://www.logicalclocks.com/what-is-it-with-european-data-companies/ https://www.logicalclocks.com/what-is-it-with-european-data-... .
    • sib 8y ago
      > Alexa was not developed internally at Amazon - it was bought in, on the cheap That's a flat-out lie itself. A knowledge graph was acquired. Alexa - which, at this point, represents many thousands of years of engineering effort, was most certainly developed in-house. Source: I wrote the 2-pager recommending the acquisition of said knowledge graph company.