Joe Hewitt, the developer behind\u00c2\u00a0the popular Facebook iOS app, has officially\u00c2\u00a0left the company. Even though he has been around since FaceBook\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s initial launch on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch, Hewitt noted that he didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t leave the company on bad terms.<\/p>\n
Normally when I leave a job I go out cursing the management and wishing I had left much sooner. In the case of Facebook, I sent heartfelt emails to all of my managers thanking them for the privilege of letting me work there, and I genuinely meant it. Facebook was the longest I ever worked at one company, and the best employer I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve ever had.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Hewitt is planning to work independently on tools that will\u00c2\u00a0help\u00c2\u00a0studios\u00c2\u00a0attempting to balance mobile, cloud, and HTML5 developmental needs.<\/p>\n
And so, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m independent now, and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m going to pour myself into understanding the needs of modern developers and designers, and creating software to fill those needs. There are so many opportunities that I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t even predict what I will end up building, but I am pretty sure I know where I am going to start. I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t wait.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n