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The one counterexample that comes to mind is Amazon and Jeff Bezos. Jeff spent eight years working before starting Amazon (albeit in finance), and yet Amazon is
by SamvitJ 5y ago
The one counterexample that comes to mind is Amazon and Jeff Bezos. Jeff spent eight years working before starting Amazon (albeit in finance), and yet Amazon is not particularly known for being employee-friendly.
- jedberg 5y agoBecause he didn’t work as an engineer. He worked in finance, which is famous for abusing their employees.
- SamvitJ 5y agoHe worked in quant finance, which is pretty cushy from what I hear (though not as cushy as tech).
- tweetle_beetle 5y agoThe same Jeff Bezos who had zero passion for the products he was initially selling, drove a Honda Accord until 2013, was too cheap to buy desks for his employees and so proud of this philosophy that the new headquarters was named after it? Not someone I'd expect to be overly generous to engineering staff (let alone the people at the bottom who's issues are well documented).