Bezos had already flown out to California to recruit software engineering talent. And according to multiple accounts, he likely knew the destination of his cross-country car trip would be Seattle. His careful research had shown him that Seattle had the advantage of being a tech hub—home to Microsoft of course, and thus filthy with tech talent—and also that it was a six-hour drive from a major warehouse that book distributor Ingram operated in Roseburg, Oregon. Also, Washington State was not nearly as populous as California. No doubt, his research had also led Bezos to realize that a company
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