Google didn't fire Elliot, he quit his job.
He posted a copy of his resignation letter:
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It was posted on the 2nd of Jan 2019 and in it you'll see that he left Google on the 25th of Feb 2019 (Wed) and already started the next day as a Developer Advocate at Hound Technology Inc which is Honeycomb.
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So maybe he felt that it was coming but it seems that he planned it pretty well and wasn't a single day without work.
An article about Elliot written by Elliot: Google workers lost a leader but the fight will continue.
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Edit - Google employees used an anonymous app called Blind (no pun intended) and it seems that quite a few were celebrating his decision. Elliot found out while still working
at Google and contacted Gizmodo to cry about it. This Gizmodo article was posted on the 1st of Feb 2019 (he left on the 25th)
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