Comment Yes, he was fired (Score 0) 839
Mark Jen Indeed Fired for Blogging
I could confirm yesterday that blogger Mark Jen isn't working for Google anymore. There was still some minor doubt he was fired, and that his blogging was the cause of that, but Jeremy Zawodny of Yahoo talked to him and it turns out that this was indeed the case (emphasis mine):
"Believe it or not, I met Mark tonight (...) and had a chance to chat with him about his brief time at Google and various other things. I'm not going to reveal everything we discussed, but I would like to clarify a few things and respond to John's request for [comments].
First off, nothing Mark said surprised me. Yes, he was fired from Google. It was directly related to his blog. He was employed there for just a couple of weeks.
Mark's a good guy. He doesn't believe he was doing anything wrong (neither do I based on what he told me). In fact, he wasn't even aware of the blogosphere's Google obsession - or at least the search bloggers who watch every little thing Google does - until this happened. Let's just say that he was surprised by his sudden fame."
http://blog.outer-court.com/archive/2005-02-09-n 30 .html
I could confirm yesterday that blogger Mark Jen isn't working for Google anymore. There was still some minor doubt he was fired, and that his blogging was the cause of that, but Jeremy Zawodny of Yahoo talked to him and it turns out that this was indeed the case (emphasis mine):
"Believe it or not, I met Mark tonight (...) and had a chance to chat with him about his brief time at Google and various other things. I'm not going to reveal everything we discussed, but I would like to clarify a few things and respond to John's request for [comments].
First off, nothing Mark said surprised me. Yes, he was fired from Google. It was directly related to his blog. He was employed there for just a couple of weeks.
Mark's a good guy. He doesn't believe he was doing anything wrong (neither do I based on what he told me). In fact, he wasn't even aware of the blogosphere's Google obsession - or at least the search bloggers who watch every little thing Google does - until this happened. Let's just say that he was surprised by his sudden fame."
http://blog.outer-court.com/archive/2005-02-09-
