How Noah Kagan Got Fired From Facebook and Lost $100 Million

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How Noah Kagan Got Fired From Facebook and Lost $100 Million

Posted by timothy on Sunday September 30, 2012 @02:48PM from the but-who's-counting dept.

First time accepted submitter abhi2012 writes "Noah Kagan, a former Facebook product manager, has written a brutally honest article about how and why he got fired from Facebook in 2006 and what he learned from it. The experience must be particularly painful, given that it eventually cost Kagan a $100 million fortune."

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Re:Facebook has products? by tapspace · 2012-09-30 15:00 · Score: 5, Funny

What exactly does Facebook _do_ ?
They deal with the goddamn customers so the engineers don't have to!
Re:That.. by binarylarry · 2012-09-30 15:29 · Score: 2, Funny

The Illuminati had her offed a while ago.
They secretly replaced her with Jon Lovitz, a high ranking mason.

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Re:Facebook has products? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-30 17:42 · Score: 3, Funny

They have people skills! They are good at dealing with people!
Re:That is nothing... really. by raehl · 2012-09-30 19:15 · Score: 2, Funny

I will probably go to work again in couple weeks as labor for a cheese factory,
Do they have an employee discount? It will come in handy when you'd like something to pair with your whine.

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Re:Facebook has products? by Chrisq · 2012-09-30 19:42 · Score: 3, Funny

What exactly does Facebook _do_ ?
This is a bit hard to believe but I have heard that its a bit like Slashdot but they talk about things other than tech. Not only that but female posters are not the exception. Strange, but true?
Re:Facebook has products? by Type44Q · 2012-10-01 00:13 · Score: 3, Funny

Sell my eyes and ears? How?
They grow them on your arms and harvest them while you sleep. :)