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by occitan 2484 days ago
No - not for having a YT channel (per se) but for engaging in communications that FB considered to be a conflict of interest. And probably (as with most firings), a whole whole bunch of other stuff (besides the nominal "reason").

Nonethelsss - my heart goes out to anyone dragged into a "friendly chat with HR" under any circumstances.
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vfc1 2484 days ago
He was hilarious as always: he said Facebook wanted him to start presenting himself as an Ex-Facebook Tech Lead and not only an Ex-Google Tech Lead, and the fact that he couldn't because he worked there represented a conflict of interest that benefited Google over Facebook, and so they fired him making it now possible to claim that he is also an ex-Facebook Tech Lead.
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alephnan 2484 days ago
> No - not for having a YT channel (per se) but for engaging in communications that FB considered to be a conflict of interest.

What was the conflict of interest?

> And probably (as with most firings), a whole whole bunch of other stuff (besides the nominal "reason").

Probably, but not certainly.

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occitan 2484 days ago
What was the conflict of interest?

Dunno - whatever was running through the HR people's heads.

The whole point is - it wasn't simply for "having a YouTube channel".

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