For many, strolling around San Francisco is a pleasure. But for the optimization-obsessed elites of Silicon Valley, traveling through a world-class city is just laboring tax on their time. Now one former Facebook boss realizes his "soul-crushing" shuttle bus commute out of town was a blessing in disguise.
Sam Lessin is leaving his role as VP of product management at Facebook, signing off with "[smiley face] feeling gratitude." Lessin came to Facebook through the Drop.io acqui-hire and plans to kite-surf, trouble-make, and help out his wife Jessin Lessin, founder of the tech news site The Information.
If you're considering a $400 subscription to The Information, the new tech reporting venture from star Wall Street Journal alum Jessica Lessin, you're buying more than news. As her Pacific Heights mansion launch party made clear, Lessin is still (uncomfortably) close with her Facebook husband's executive friends.
