On: How Amazon's EC2 Service Was Born

[felipe]

Three small things that demonstrates how Bezos is an unique leader:

1) "we presented the paper to bezos" -- Wow, engineers have direct access to the CEO.

2) "we presented the paper to bezos (he doesn't do slides)" -- Wow, a CEO that actually has some attention span

3) "we presented the paper to bezos (he doesn't do slides), he liked a lot of it" -- Wow, a CEO who actually understands technology

[ooorrr → felipe]

All of those are true. The lack of powerpoint at Amazon is not a myth - docs are the order of the day. This is more good than bad, but has some of both.

[brandonkm → ooorrr]

This is a great aspect of the culture there that has helped Amazon maintain its technical competitive edge.