That New Year’s Eve was a beautiful evening of contradictions. A picture-sharing company throwing a party that confiscated your phones. Newly famous youngsters celebrating an iconic holiday out of the limelight. There was a sense of wonder, looking back, at how quickly and awesomely this product and company had been built. But a taste of bittersweet, looking forward: the team would never be this cool, small, and tight knit again. It’s very rare that you realize you are living in the “good old days” when they are happening; but that night, it was clear. This was a special period that would
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