# HQ2: Understanding What Happened & Why - The Big Picture - Host: [ritholtz.com](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/ritholtz.com/) - Saved: February 27, 2019 (2019-02-28T01:42:40Z) - Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/3dadfedb1e6d/ - JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/3dadfedb1e6d.json ## What Jamie wrote Compelling recap of the HQ2 process that Amazon has being going through. > From the start, the entire HQ2 optics have been terrible. When the world’s wealthiest man happens to run the world’s most most valuable company goes looking for a new place to call home, perhaps compelling self-flagellation by states and local officials to win his business . . . well, let’s just say that is not the greatest look. Totally agree. Via [Daring Fireball](https://daringfireball.net/linked/2019/02/25/ritholtz-amazon-hq2). ## Facts - Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/) ## Appears in - [WT95: Weekly Thing #95 / Mar 2, 2019](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/95/), Notable Links 📌 ## Saved the same week - [The Power of Full Engagement: The Four Energy Management Principles That Drive Performance](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/a73c168c96d9/) (fs.blog, February 27, 2019) - [Intelligent Tracking Prevention 2.1 | WebKit](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/2447f8448299/) (webkit.org, February 27, 2019) - [AWS API Performance Comparison: Serverless vs. Containers vs. API Gateway integration](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/a4f268796abf/) (alexdebrie.com, February 27, 2019) - [Payroll Provider Gives Extortionists a Payday — Krebs on Security](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/f847b37c9619/) (krebsonsecurity.com, February 27, 2019) - [How to Be a Good Board Member – Both Sides of the Table](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/9f99582f2d27/) (bothsidesofthetable.com, February 27, 2019) ## Elsewhere - Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://ritholtz.com/2019/02/hq2-understanding-what-happened-why/