Headline: Jeff Bezos's first ever Amazon job listing picture goes viral

In 1994, around this time of the year, American entrepreneur Jeff Bezos posted an ad for amazon and became its first hire. Jeff Bezos was a little-known entrepreneur back then who had quit the job that was paying him reasonably well. In the advertisement, he mentioned he wanted to start an e-commerce company and described it as a well-capitalized startup from Seattle.

The ad came into the limelight on Twitter and went viral. According to the advertisement, Jeff Bezos was looking for extremely talented software developers who could pioneer internet commerce. He mentioned in the ad that the candidates should know how to build complex and large systems in less than one-third of the time, usually competent people could.




The advertisement also asked for interesting, intense, motivated, and talented co-workers. He also used coding languages such as Unix and C++. The advertisement also had soft skills as requirements. Excellent communication skills were a must.



Jeff Bezos looked for people with a Ph.D., MS, or BS in computer science or equivalent fields. He also mentioned that it is not necessary but would be an added advantage if the candidate had familiarity with HTML and web servers.

He also offered equity ownership to the selected candidate. He mentioned that Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and ended his advertisement with Alan Kay's quote: "It's easier to invent the future than to predict it".