Hello and welcome to the social network episode of Slate Money Goes to the Movies.

I'm Felix Salmon of Axios. I'm here with Anna Shemanski.

Hello. And for this episode, we have roped in the very best guest that Slate Money has ever had.

Mr. Paul Ford. Welcome, Paul.

Oh, my God. It's good to be here. Bad to have watched that film.

I'm excited to talk.

Paul, introduce yourself and try and explain how you're the only guest on this entire season that was forced into talking about a movie.

What is it about you?

Well, you know, Felix, I don't know why you asked me to talk about this film, but I'm going to assume that it's because A, I will complain, B, because I will complain about Facebook, although, you know, it's a giant megastructure and we have to treat it with respect and understanding in order to figure out how to live under its shadow without dying. And C, I don't know.

I don't know why I'm here, man.

I think I, you know, I know how to program. I used to be a writer. I run a software company. I'm just figuring you were like, you keyword matched me into this bad boy. And whewf, you made me watch that movie. It's true. I apologize to that. but this is your opportunity to plug your podcasts, plural.

Where do we find you when you're not on Slate Money?

Oh, God.

Well, you know, let me mark it. You know, if you're someone out there listening to this, I would love if you checked out my company, postlate.com, because we're hiring. We're growing, building a diverse team, designers, engineers, product managers too. I need to remember them. Always remember the product managers.

We have a podcast.

Check it out.

I'm also on the Stack Overflow podcast.

But,

you know,

just reach me.

If you need to complain,

paul.

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