Ari Steinberg, Facebook
Inc(NASDAQ:FB) Director of engineering, has decided to call it quits at the
company. He has confirmed his decision with TechCrunch. He has said that Friday
will be his last day at the company and that he is leaving to find a travel
setup.
Steinberg’s exit from
the company would result in big holes in Facebook. He was the man to develop
the platform for the social network with Dave Morin. He was responsible for overseeing
the News Feed, incepting its engineering office in Seattle and developing
Facebook Messenger for Windows.
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According to
TechCrunch, Facebook tapped new co-heads for its office based in Seattle. That
includes recent employee Rohit Wad and long-time enginner Wayne Chang.
Steinberg has reported
to Facebook that his tenure of 6 and half years with Facebook has been amazing.
He feels lucky to have worked on interesting things with a lot of talented
people. He is looking forward to try something new.
Steinberg is soon going
to add up to the list of high-profile executives leaving Facebook. Others on
the list include Vice President of Corporate communications, Joe Lockhart, designer
Ben Blumenfeld, Director of Product Managemetn, Carl Sjogreen, Director of
Corporate Communications and Public Policy, Barry Schnitt, Chief Technology
Officer, Bret Taylor, Director of Platform Partnerships, Ethan Beard and Mobile
Platform Manager, Jonathan Matus. The list seems to be ever-expanding.
A week after Facebook
went public, ReadWriteWeb had said that biggest challenge for Facebook would be
to ensure that it does not have an exodus of talent.
As for Steinberg, his Facebook
knowledge will surely help him with his new startup since travel is becoming a
very social industry. It also looks a good for Steinberg as traveling seems to
be his passion.
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