As someone who worked for appnexus/xandr for years, this move makes sense.
MSFT was already xandr's largest customer, and handled most of their MSN and Xbox supply.
I'm happy for Everyone still there. this is a much better home than AT&T.
MSFT was already xandr's biggest customer. they ran dedicated hardware just for MSFT, and already handled most of their ads for msn and Xbox. they were already deeply linked companies.
live in Williamsburg, not Manhattan. everyone moves to Manhattan for a few years, realizes it's not worth it, and moves to Williamsburg. Skip the first phase.
there's always graham Hancock. he has a couple books and has done some podcasts.
the JRE podcast with graham and Randall Carlson always gets my imagination going on ancient societies...
huge bong rip at 7pm everyday really works wonders for me. while it can increase the anxiety for some, and even me sometimes, it's always causes a "head change" where I'm like "why am I just staring at my screen right now?"
why does a person's interest in the application of their work serve as a signal for if you should hire them? I mean maybe for someone in a product role, but how is it relevant to hiring an individual contributor?
not hiring someone just because of their internal philosophies feels like gate keeping to me.
if someone is a cynic and realizes most start ups arent out there "making the world a better place"... doesn't really have any bearing on their potential output.