Foad Dabiri, resigns as Twitter’s head of engineering a day after botched attempt to launch Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign

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Twitter’s head of engineering, Foad Dabiri, has announced his resignation a day after the platform’s botched attempt to launch Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign on May 25.

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Foad Dabiri tweeted: ‘After almost four incredible years at Twitter, I decided to leave the nest yesterday.

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‘The combination of the fantastic community, the impact it has, and its limitless potential sets Twitter apart.’

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He admitted the October purchase of Twitter by Musk had made work ‘challenging’, with plenty of ‘outside noise’, but put a positive spin on the situation, saying he had learned enormously from the experience.

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He did not reveal details about why he was leaving.

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His company was left highly embarrassed by Wednesday night’s debacle, which saw Twitter unable to live-stream the audio of DeSantis’s campaign launch, and a hot mic discussion with Twitter’s owner Elon Musk and moderator David Sacks.

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Musk and Sacks said the problems were due to ‘server strain’ and ‘melting the servers’, claiming that it was the largest event ever hosted online – but many pointed out that far larger events had been held without a hitch.

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An initial 500,000 people logged on to try and listen, CNN reported; when the event eventually got underway, only half that number remained.

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Dabiri posted a lengthy thread, thanking his colleagues for their work and friendship.

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‘What an extraordinary journey it has been,’ he wrote.

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‘To say it was challenging at the outset would be an understatement. The change was massive and rapid; we came through and emerged stronger, thanks to the remarkable team that held the fort.

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‘Working with @elonmusk has been highly educational, and it was enlightening to see how his principles and vision are shaping the future of this company.’

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Dabiri studied for a Ph.D. in computer science at the University of California Los Angeles, and joined Google in 2011.

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In 2014 he started health tech company Wanda, stepping down as CEO in April 2019. He joined Twitter three months later.

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He said working there had been a remarkable experience.

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‘Twitter is a place that defies comprehension,’ he wrote.

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‘It’s unique, peculiar, remarkable, and resilient, all thanks to the brilliant and capable individuals who have built and continue to shape it.

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‘It’s impossible to grasp the inner workings of this platform and what goes on on a daily basis unless you’ve been fortunate enough to experience it firsthand.

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‘So kudos to the team that, despite all the outside noise, keep going and going strong.’

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