<story><title>From Google to Twitter</title><url>https://ma.nu/blog/from-google-to-twitter</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>cpeterso</author><text>That post was from March 2022. The author has since been laid off: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;ma.nu&amp;#x2F;blog&amp;#x2F;bye-twitter&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;ma.nu&amp;#x2F;blog&amp;#x2F;bye-twitter&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>nixgeek</author><text>Based on the note he posted from HR he was fired for cause and wasn’t “laid off” by the usual definition of same — he was told by HR that he had violated several company policies and his employment was being terminated immediately.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;ma.nu&amp;#x2F;blog&amp;#x2F;img&amp;#x2F;2022-11-01_bye_twitter&amp;#x2F;termination_email.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;ma.nu&amp;#x2F;blog&amp;#x2F;img&amp;#x2F;2022-11-01_bye_twitter&amp;#x2F;termination_em...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>From Google to Twitter</title><url>https://ma.nu/blog/from-google-to-twitter</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>cpeterso</author><text>That post was from March 2022. The author has since been laid off: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;ma.nu&amp;#x2F;blog&amp;#x2F;bye-twitter&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;ma.nu&amp;#x2F;blog&amp;#x2F;bye-twitter&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>paganel</author><text>Also, previous HN discussion [1] about the author&amp;#x27;s cartoons while he was at Google. He also has a wikipedia page [2]&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=27778774&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=27778774&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Manu_Cornet&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Manu_Cornet&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>