A USENIX LISA conference a few years ago in Seattle. Before the conference, I thought/assumed that Facebook was a joke. I thought that they lacked technical tal

A USENIX LISA conference a few years ago in Seattle. Before the conference, I thought/assumed that Facebook was a joke. I thought that they lacked technical talent and good design. I was wrong. They had the best presentations, technology and ideas (by far) at the conference. They were much more impressive than Google, Apple and Microsoft. My assumptions about Facebook were wrong. Listening to their presentations and talking with their engineers convinced me that I was wrong. I do not use Facebook, own their stock or have any interest in the company at all. The conference was a good while ago (six years maybe?) and I hope they have the same technical culture and talent today as they did back then.