> I know nothing about Bret Taylor and his new company. However, I do
> know that he used to be the CTO of Facebook and he threw it out the
> window. Chances are his new venture will never give him the opportunity
> he would have had if he’d stayed at Facebook for the next 5 years.
Would the same be said for an executive who cashed out of VA Linux? Or Pets.com? Maybe this journalist has some crystal ball showing Facebook's stock price five years down the road.
http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2001/01/18/bu_valinux2.jpg
ChuckMcM's previous comment summed it up perfectly: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4118949