I believe he left, not got fired. And iirc it wasn't about "much of what the company was doing" but just the stupid way the promotion system works (as well as a

I believe he left, not got fired. And iirc it wasn't about "much of what the company was doing" but just the stupid way the promotion system works (as well as a very, very niche product idea). Then again I'm mostly assuming we're talking about the same person because he was one of the only ones I would count as particularly "notorious". The fact that our recollections are so different might mean you're talking about someone from many years ago (before my tenure).