Ask HN: What was Andy Jassy's college major?

7 points by ekm2 4 years ago | 5 comments
Every news source just says he has a bachelors degree from Harvard with out any specifics.
  • ignoramous 4 years ago
    Andy's a Harvard MBA, class of 1997: https://archive.is/tBpsj

    He joined the Marketing department at Amazon just a few months before they IPOd. In the aftermath of the dot-com bust when a lot of senior executives left Amazon, Andy was one of the few who stuck with the Company and rose through the ranks, leading their Customer Service (?) and subsequently Music businesses. He was appointed Technical Assistant to the CEO in 2001-3, after which he was handed the reigns to the flourishing "Amazon.com Web Services" group.

    https://archive.is/4cG2H

    • quietthrow 4 years ago
      Lol why does it matter?

      Think about this deeply - Does the person make the college or the college make the person?

      Is it correlation? Is it causation?

      Why?

      • ekm2 4 years ago
        Why not?Everyone who went to college studied SOMETHING.Why is Andy's designation so amorphous?
      • biznerd 4 years ago
        How this got 6 upvotes and posted to Ask HN while my stuff never sticks is beyond me.
        • Jugurtha 4 years ago
          My stuff pretty never sticks either. Randomn processes, or those we perceive to be, work in mysterious ways.
        • alek_m 4 years ago
          MBA from Harvard