Paul and I started about a week apart at Amazon.com. We were both the "class of 1997" at Amazon.com's nascent web development group. Paul and I would both be involved in Jordan's job interview at Amazon.com the following spring. Paul and I were inseparable teammates at work and in local drinking establishments, working late to build the website. Most recently, Jordan and I went to Paul and Cat's lovely wedding last summer in Pennsylvania.

Trivia: Paul actually met Jordan before Alex did, because Paul phone screened Jordan before flying her out for the interview.