Mark Jen is known for being terminated with cause by Google, Inc. for distributing corporate secrets in his personal blog, 99zeros. His original writings are still available for viewing in the archives at his current blog. Jen worked for Google between January 17, 2005 and January 28, 2005, a total of 10 business days. Jen currently works for Tagged.com.
Before joining Google, Mark Jen was a Program Manager at Microsoft, and a Software Engineer a...
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Mark Jen is known for being terminated with cause by Google, Inc. for distributing corporate secrets in his personal blog, 99zeros. His original writings are still available for viewing in the archives at his current blog. Jen worked for Google between January 17, 2005 and January 28, 2005, a total of 10 business days. Jen currently works for Tagged.com.
Before joining Google, Mark Jen was a Program Manager at Microsoft, and a Software Engineer at IBM. He graduated in 2003 from the University of Michigan with a B.Sc. in Computer Engineering. Jen was also a member of the Eta Kappa Nu honor society at the University of Michigan, a society of which Larry Page was a former president. Following his short stint at Google, he was employed by Plaxo.
Some consider Google's action in terminating Jen to contradict the company's image of openness and free-thinking. Ironically, Google owns Blogger, the service Jen used to write his original 99zeros blog. However, others have questioned the wisdom...
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