[fishnchips]

Or possibly it’s completely unrelated and it’s just our brains looking for meaning where there’s none.

[bitvoid]

If his leaving is unrelated, that would fall under the first possibility of the parent comment, no?

[fishnchips]

Only if he really cared about that extra bit of money. I don't know him personally but from the outside he didn't look like he did.

[tech_tuna]

It's not unrelated. They kicked him out or he just got sick of the company's direction. Or both.

Not a coincidence at all.