(Putting this note under here instead of at root level…) FTA: > It has been widely reported that … those fired included staffers who had just received high pe

(Putting this note under here instead of at root level…) FTA: > It has been widely reported that … those fired included staffers who had just received high performance reviews … with annual compensation packages of $500,000 to $1 million. … Many … were the best of the best in Google's open source program office (OSPO) and other open source efforts. FWIW, we are actively hiring a handful of engineers in this competency+range, into a well funded (founder funded, not VC backed) startup. We are doing interesting things and intend to release generally useful patterns as open source. It's also an entrepreneurial change of pace for builders/makers after an enterprise, even an SV enterprise. My username at the freemail owned by the company in the article.