Google's First Employee Departs

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday February 9, 2012 @10:48PM from the ajusting-the-seniority-list dept.

redletterdave writes "Craig Silverstein, the first employee hired by Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, will leave the search giant for Khan Academy, an online education portal based in Mountain View, Calif. Silverstein had been with Google shortly after it first launched in the garage of Susan Wojcicki, a friend of both Page and Brin, in September 1998. He had helped Brin and Page develop infrastructure when Google was just a Stanford grad school project, but when he officially joined the company, Silverstein became its technology director. The Khan Academy, where Silverstein is heading next, is a not-for-profit organization that aspires to change the education industry by providing free 'world-class education to anyone anywhere.' Microsoft chairman Bill Gates is an enormous fan of the service, telling CNN that he uses it with his kids."

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KHAN!!! by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-09 22:54 · Score: 5, Funny

Obligatory.
Re:Free advice for big fan of free learning! by jholyhead · 2012-02-09 23:39 · Score: 4, Funny

I'm sure he'll get back to you as soon as he has eradicated AIDS and cured cancer.

Sincerely,

Mr GetYourPrioritiesInOrder Esq.
Re:Bill Gates has kids? by alphatel · 2012-02-10 00:06 · Score: 5, Funny

All the cool kids used Alta Vista.
You weren't one of them. We used Asta la Vista

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Re:Bill Gates has kids? by mcavic · 2012-02-10 00:38 · Score: 5, Funny

I remember when Alta Vista came out with natural language searches. You could ask it What's the name of President Clinton's cat? And it would give you links for where to buy socks.
Re:first by FhnuZoag · 2012-02-10 00:58 · Score: 5, Funny

I can't wait for you to leave slashdot.