Amazon has been popping into higher education conversations more often, as the company narrowed its list of now 20 cities where it could place its second headquarters — potentially creating a technology career hub for graduates in the chosen location. Microsoft made a similar, but deliberate, move to do this when it invested $1 billion in the University of Washington to create a pipeline of skilled graduates for the company.
But, this latest move by Amazon to hire Candace Thille is perhaps not as exacting to industry stakeholders for the development of a potential new competitor. Though the company hasn’t revealed much information about its intentions beyond developing corporate learning platforms — which means nothing substantive yet.