DISQUS

davemc500hats · 1 year ago

unfortunate that Ben is taking off, however i hope the overall org changes at FB recently will result in more resources (both people & other) for Facebook Platform & developer evangelism specifically. Facebook has some amazing people on their team, however they could use more of them to help support growth of the overall developer community -- especially if they want to see Facebook Connect take off once it rolls out (and hopefully Payments as well).

if only they could clone about 20 Dave Morins, they'd be in good shape ;)

hey: maybe get the 23andMe folks to start a cloning program over at Facebook -- how about it?

seriously tho... i wish Ben the best of luck wherever he lands, and also hope good things for the rest of FB team who will be driving on Platform going forward.

Adam · 1 year ago

"wherever he lands"?

I would assume he has already landed somewhere, hence the departure.

RumpMan · 1 year ago

Dave you are such an ass kisser to Facebook. Stop it. It's so fake.

Ben leaving is a loss to facebook. It speaks volumes to the hubris above him somewhere.

Dave will you please stop it with you constant posting of sweet nothings.

Alex · 1 year ago

oh brotha! Does it really matter. Call me when they generate $1B in sales.

John · 1 year ago

yeah adam/alex, and what would 20 dave morin's do? the new facebook platform rollout is untested, undocumented and altogether amateur. facebook has a long history of piss poor "platform PR".

Filet O Cutlet · 1 year ago

any guess where he went?

i'll throw twitter in the mix

Jack M · 1 year ago

Best of luck, Ben and FB in your respective, newly-bifurcating destinies.

Jason · 1 year ago

Someone left my company yesterday too.

Coincidence?

davemc500hats · 1 year ago

@RumpMan: um, really... you think me saying that Facebook needs to get their shit together and hire a LOT more folks to help with developer evangelism is ass-kissing & sweet nothings? let me be the first to grade you a big fat ass-kissing EFF on your english language reading comprehension skills.

more food for the gray matter you're sitting on ChumpMan: Ben leaving may be a loss for Facebook, but it doesn't matter how big a rockstar you are if your team doesn't have enough fingers & toes to return an email or a phone call. currently FB is VASTLY under-staffed to support the community they have attracted in the past year.

[smooch] to your Rump,

asfasfasfas · 1 year ago

Guy guys. You shouldn't talking about Facebook now. We have more important things going on around the world like Phelps owning the French

RumpMan · 1 year ago

Now that was a authentic Dave. Thank you. I agree that they have pissed off the community but what about hiring non-technical people to do PR rather than get talented people like Ben. Losing rockstars doesn't do well. This culture and trend at Facebook is far from getting their shit together.

thanks for the smooch

Daniel C. · 1 year ago

I hate to bake everyone's noodle, but I don't think that Ben is a rockstar at all. He's just another Stanford PhD who managed to get in at Google and leave with a little media hype. He was a product manager for Google Checkout, which is largely a flop and doesn't generate much profit (if any at all).

The media tends to treat anyone with a PhD as an irreplaceable genius. Yet the academic community itself knows that just because someone has a PhD doesn't mean that he/she is smart (let along a genius).

Observer · 1 year ago

And what do you have? A PhD in "couch potato management"? I'd like to see you try to achieve some things in your life, loser.

Daniel C. · 1 year ago

(...let *alone...) I should talk, right?

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