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Only 4 days after losing their Lead Engineer. http://twitter.com/#!/KirinDave/status/70217986962751488 http://twitter.com/#!/KirinDave/status/70217986962751488
by paulitex 15y ago
Only 4 days after losing their Lead Engineer.
http://twitter.com/#!/KirinDave/status/70217986962751488 http://twitter.com/#!/KirinDave/status/70217986962751488
- Lewisham 15y agoThat's a tweet that suggests acrimonious split if I've ever seen one.
- tptacek 15y agoYes, clearly it means the opposite of what it says, because Dave is like that. I love drama, don't you?
- KirinDave 15y agoAfter all, I am known for my reserved, duplicitous, and very guarded twitter account.
- phlux 15y agoTwitter blocked by evil firewall at work. What does this tweet say?
- newman314 15y agoAnyone know the reason why? I'm not asking because the popcorn factor but rather to understand if there's something fundamentally broken about the concept & company.
- tptacek 15y agoUh huh. "I was thinking about changing banks, but Dave Fayram left the banking startup I was thinking of using, so I think I'll stick with Chase". Pretty sure this is a popcorn topic and nothing more.
- Goronmon 15y agoYou don't think the Lead Engineer leaving a company not long before it's launch is not something to be worried about?
- tptacek 15y agoBecause, no way is a message board full of geeks going to come up with a way to justify drama!
- jrockway 15y agoNo? Programmers get better offers all the time. Why make less money at an uncertain startup when you can make more money somewhere that has a certain future? I have no idea that this happened, but people leave for reasons other than "the product sucks". In fact, I would guess that compensation and getting along with your coworkers are much bigger factors.
- paulitex 15y agoFWIW, it certainly doesn't sound like it was for a better offer. He's actually on the market right now: http://twitter.com/#!/KirinDave/status/70222704883662848 http://twitter.com/#!/KirinDave/status/70222704883662848 http://twitter.com/#!/KirinDave/status/70221497888808960 http://twitter.com/#!/KirinDave/status/70221497888808960
- xbryanx 15y agoInteresting that his pic is still in their "Team" mosaic on the homepage.
- TimH 15y agoTwitter's staff pic on their recruitment page shows a lot of people who have left too.
- Lewisham 15y agoThey should put big red X's over each member that left, Battle Royale style.
- modality 15y agoThey're kind of busy.
- jtheory 15y agoYes -- either they want to keep his pic there, to give the false impression that they're still benefiting from his expertise! Or even worse, now that Dave has left, there's no one in the company technically capable enough to update their home page. Either way, this is serious! I'm going to start on my "breaking news" blog post now! Or, you know, they could be busy with work that's actually important.