During that period, I probably wouldn’t be allowed to create my own outside Facebook applications. However, my would-be-colleague didn’t know the answer and the

During that period, I probably wouldn’t be allowed to create my own outside Facebook applications. However, my would-be-colleague didn’t know the answer and the HR person didn’t answer. So I suspended working on my in-progress apps and doing any writing about Facebook for my clients for most of the latter half of 2009, losing out on earnings I badly needed. For what it's worth, when I interviewed with Facebook in 2008 I was told that it wouldn't be a problem to keep maintaining and working on my Facebook apps outside of work. I guess writing about Facebook might be a bit more difficult. Also, I got an answer only a day or two after the on-site interviews. I wouldn't say the whole process moved quickly, but definitely not unreasonably slow.