We just want to have great people working for us.

The outside perception and inside perception of Microsoft are so different. The view of Microsoft inside Microsoft is always kind of an underdog thing.

The problem is that at a lot of big companies, process becomes a substitute for thinking. You’re encouraged to behave like a little gear in a complex machine. Frankly, it allows you to keep people who aren’t that smart, who aren’t that creative.

Part of company culture is path-dependent – it’s the lessons you learn along the way.

People at Facebook are fairly used to the press being nice to us or not nice to us.