Emmanuel "Manu" Cornet (born 21 January 1981) is a French programmer, cartoonist, writer and musician. Born in Paris, he studied at the

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and at the

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. Cornet worked at

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Interview in the official Gmail blog
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Career

Cornet worked at

from 2007 until 2021. He joined Twitter in 2021, but said he had been laid off in 2022 shortly after

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's takeover of the company.

Cartoonist

Cornet is known for his cartoons, some of which were published in ''

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'', '' Der Spiegel'',Online article in Der Spiegel
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and

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. His "Organizational Charts" cartoon was quoted by

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on the first page of his 2017 book, '' Hit Refresh,'' as one of the motivations making him want to renew Microsoft's culture.

Writer

Cornet wrote ''The Crab and the Lamb'', edited by Geneviève Jurgensen and translated into English by

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. It is first-person account of Cornet's experience with cancer diagnosis and treatment. His second book, ''Goomics'', was published in 2018. It is about his experiences working for

Publications

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References

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