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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy's career advice: Most people don't land their dream job at 22—and that's okay
Overview
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy told a Seattle Bring Your Parents to Work Day audience that he first aimed to be a sportscaster and that few people land a dream job while young. Years of varied work preceded an early 1997 Amazon interview that became a decades-long stay.
Key facts
- In college he spent three summers at a New York Fox affiliate on Good Day New York, going out with crews to Mets batting practice and Rangers practices.
- He mailed a resume reel to 200 small TV markets, received only two remote offers he did not take, and became a production assistant at ABC Sports.
- After product work, startups, consulting, a golf store, ad sales, a bank internship and business school, Jennifer Cast offered a 9 a.m. Amazon slot he accepted.
Key figures
- three summers — College work at the local New York Fox affiliate
- 200 small TV markets — Places he sent a sportscasting resume reel
- two offers — Remote sportscasting responses he declined
- early 1997 — Bay Area trip when the Amazon voicemail arrived
- two to three years — Seattle stay he and his wife first agreed
- 29 years ago — How long ago that short-stay plan was made
Context
He spoke at Amazon headquarters during the annual parents event and has written about squiggly career lines.
What remains uncertain
The account is Jassy's recollection at a company event, not an independent biography.
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