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I'm sure it was fun, but it does seem to point at a lack of focus. I suppose that's hard to resist when there's an endless pipeline of money.

And now I would be scared to even accept an Uber offer if given because even Microsoft of all people now have a better track record of not laying people off :(

There was a pervasive problem of “not invented here” at the company for a long time. I used to laugh at all the “It doesn’t scale!” justifications that were thrown around.

On the other hand, having enough people or money to throw at something were never a problem, so…