Category: FacebookWorking at Facebook: My First Day
I get asked about this a lot so I thought I’d share a story.
When I walked into the first floor on University avenue I wasn’t sure if I was in a frat or a startup. There were cables falling from the ceilings, people running around and I was told to sit on a corner desk.
A long night.
I saw my new boss walk by me and said he’d chat with me after lunch. Cool! Then someone gave me a laptop and I just kinda started playing on the web to be later told I had a meeting with Mark in 30 minutes. This was when the company was ~30 people so still “relatively” small.
I go into the meeting and then Mark comes in. This is my first time meeting him and he says:
“I just fired your boss, welcome to Facebook. You’ll be fine here if you don’t try to sell my company behind my back.”
That was my first day without a boss, meeting Mark and starting to work on the corner of someone elses desk.
And this is when the fun really began…
What was your first day of work like?
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25 Responses to “Working at Facebook: My First Day”
August 5th, 2010
4:39 pm
A story about my first day working at Facebook: http://bit.ly/aIEBvb
August 5th, 2010
4:39 pm
A story about my first day working at Facebook: http://bit.ly/aIEBvb
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August 5th, 2010
4:42 pm
ROFL! “I just fired your boss, welcome to Facebook” RT @noahkagan A story about my first day working at Facebook: http://bit.ly/aIEBvb
August 5th, 2010
4:42 pm
ROFL! “I just fired your boss, welcome to Facebook” RT @noahkagan A story about my first day working at Facebook: http://bit.ly/aIEBvb
This comment was originally posted on Twitter
August 5th, 2010
4:43 pm
lol, love @noahkagan’s story about his first day at Facebook http://bit.ly/aFURfF
August 5th, 2010
4:43 pm
lol, love @noahkagan’s story about his first day at Facebook http://bit.ly/aFURfF
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August 5th, 2010
4:51 pm
heh. Someone told me they were f’ing tired but loved my name
August 5th, 2010
4:57 pm
Did I say that to you Firas:)
August 5th, 2010
5:20 pm
Yup!! Good times. We should catch up soon I’m drowned in a project these days but looking forward to hearing what’s been going on with y’all
August 5th, 2010
5:46 pm
Working at Facebook: My First Day | Noah Kagan’s Okdork.com http://bit.ly/8YBVkw @noahkagan
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August 5th, 2010
5:46 pm
Working at Facebook: My First Day | Noah Kagan’s Okdork.com http://bit.ly/8YBVkw @noahkagan
August 5th, 2010
8:18 pm
Working at Facebook: My First Day | Noah Kagan’s Okdork.com http://bit.ly/8YBVkw
August 5th, 2010
8:18 pm
Working at Facebook: My First Day | Noah Kagan’s Okdork.com http://bit.ly/8YBVkw
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August 5th, 2010
8:46 pm
That’s hilarious. I had my boss fired, but not on my first day.
BTW Chrome blocked your site saying it has malware, I told it I trust you. Dumb move?
August 5th, 2010
10:00 pm
Yes, Chrome is still blocking your blog. Interesting story you have there.
August 7th, 2010
4:46 am
It’s fixed. Someone added some malicious code to my jquery.js file. Fixed and changed chmod settings. Appreciate the comment.
August 7th, 2010
4:49 am
@Roy Very dumb move;P
Naw, it’s fine. Just some annoying stuff that happens due to WordPress every few months.
August 8th, 2010
9:33 am
@pavanlimo http://okdork.com/2010/08/05/working-at-facebook-my-first-day/. Remembered, Amit use to sleep tht way.
August 8th, 2010
9:33 am
@pavanlimo http://okdork.com/2010/08/05/working-at-facebook-my-first-day/. Remembered, Amit use to sleep tht way.
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August 9th, 2010
6:10 pm
What’s it like to work @Facebook? Ask @noahkagan! http://bit.ly/dcWkMu
August 9th, 2010
6:10 pm
What’s it like to work @Facebook? Ask @noahkagan! http://bit.ly/dcWkMu
This comment was originally posted on Twitter
August 11th, 2010
10:59 am
Working at Facebook: My First Day http://bit.ly/9x1tGi short story from @noahkagan
August 16th, 2010
12:50 pm
Working at Facebook: My First Day http://t.co/CINcQRl via @noahkagan
August 25th, 2010
1:28 am
“I just fired your boss, welcome to Facebook” RT @noahkagan A story about my first day working at Facebook: http://bit.ly/aIEBvb
October 14th, 2010
10:23 pm
Why was Noah Kagan fired from Facebook after only working there for a few months?…
He was approximately employee #30. Ironically, his boss was fired the day he started. http://okdork.com/2010/08/05/working-at-facebook-my-first-day/…
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