From Google To Meta: Engineer Who Worked For Many Tech Giants Receives Comeback Invite From Microsoft

Facebook, VMware,?Google, and Microsoft. These are the big companies for which an employee who recently quit Sundar Pichai's Google has already worked.

Engineer Resigns From Google & Receives Comeback Invite From Microsoft Employee

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Mark Lucovsky, who served as the Senior Director of Engineering responsible for the OS and Software Platform for AR and XR devices at Google, has announced his departure from the company. Lucovsky took to Twitter to share his decision, expressing concerns over the 'unstable commitment and vision' in Google's Augmented Reality (AR) leadership.

Lucovsky's tweet stated, "I have decided to step away from my role at Google, where I was Senior Director of Engineering, responsible for the OS and Software Platform for AR and XR devices. The recent changes in AR leadership and Google's unstable commitment and vision have weighed heavily on my decision."

Prior to his time at Google, Lucovsky was a notable?employee?at Microsoft, where he contributed to the development of key technologies, including the Windows NT operating system. Apart from Google and Microsoft, Lucovsky has also worked at Facebook, Mombo, VMware, DEC, Vitesse, Culler, Data General, and Victor, according to his Twitter Bio. During his stint at Microsoft, he worked as a Distinguished Engineer. He later worked for Meta as the General Manager, Operating Systems, for Oculus VR, as per a Business Today report.

Responding to Lucovsky's tweet, Eric Horvitz, the Chief Scientific Officer at Microsoft, extended an intriguing invitation. Horvitz tweeted, "Time to come home? :-)"? To this, Lucovsky replied "Maybe."

This invitation from one of Microsoft's top executives has raised speculation about a potential reunion between Lucovsky and Microsoft, where he could continue to advance the field of Augmented Reality.

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How Others Reacted To The Engineer's Tweet

The former Google employee's resignation tweet has garnered over 1 million views already, with many users replying to this tweet besides the senior Microsoft employee who gave a soft invitation for Lucovsky to come back to the tech giant.

A Twitter user pulled Lucovsky's leg by saying that Apple is missing from his list of tech giants for which he has worked.?

?Here is how some other Twitter users reacted to the former Google, Meta, and Microsoft employee's tweet.

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