Name: This Facebook Engineering Director Quit To Sail The World
Uploaded: 2024-09-27T08:14:53+00:00
Duration: 7 min 15 s
Description: After more than 10 years working at Meta (Facebook), James quit to work on his boat full-time

This Facebook Engineering Director Quit To Sail The World

After more than 10 years working at Meta (Facebook), James quit to work on his boat full-time. While sailing, he also contributes to open-source! <https://github.com/tinyplex/tinybase>

After more than 10 years working at Meta (Facebook), James quit to work on his boat full-time

Open-source software is computer software that is released under a license in which the copyright holder grants users the rights to use, study, change, and distribute the software and its source code. 

Open-source software may be developed in a collaborative, public manner.

James was an Engineering Director and Principal Engineer at Meta (Facebook), where he led the Open Source initiatives. James worked at Meta for more than 10 years until 2022. He started his career in tech in the 90s in the United Kingdom.

In 2022, James left the corporate world to sail on his boat (Scout) and build an open-source project called TinyBase (a data store for local-first apps).

Meta Platforms, Inc. is an American multinational technology conglomerate based in Menlo Park, California. The company owns 3 of top 4 social networks in the world: Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. More than 3.5 billion people use at least one of the company's core products every month.