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by eru 1174 days ago
Wasn't he kicked out of MS research for silly regulatory reasons?

I mean he had lots of options, so the pitch from Epic must have still been pretty good.
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ClimaxGravely 1174 days ago
Can you elaborate on why he was kicked out? That's news to me.
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eru 1174 days ago
From what I've heard, Microsoft wanted to downsize the research department in Cambridge. By UK labour laws it was possible to lay off basically everyone in a department, but would have legally been much harder to cherry-pick a few people to keep.
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