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Developed an APP at 13, became a Facebook engineer at 18, and was praised by Mark Zuckerberg. Sayman, a teenage genius, recently jumped ship to Google.

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He developed an APP at 13, became a Facebook engineer at 18, and was praised by Mark Zuckerberg. Michael Sayman, a Facebook prodigy, recently left for Google. He turned 21 last week.

Sayman will join the Google Assistant team as a product manager, The company has confirmed. Sayman himself said in a post:

On a personal level, I think Google Assistant has great potential to lower the barriers for kids and teens of all ages and backgrounds to learn to code and encourage them to explore the world of computer science in ways that were previously considered impossible.

Google Assistant is a smart voice Assistant product based on Google’s database. Google CEO Eric Pichai has touted the product as “an experience across devices,” designed to allow users to communicate with their devices through “fluid” voice. The move comes as Google struggles to integrate Google Assistant into a range of its own products and devices from other companies, facing stiff competition from Amazon inc’s Alexa and Apple Inc’s Siri.

Zuckerberg has been an “incredible inspiration” and “a pleasure to work with”, Sayman says.

While at Facebook, Sayman was also a product manager, tasked with helping the social media giant understand how its younger generation is using mobile phones, advising on experimental products aimed at teenagers and helping executives understand industry trends.

Gifted children

Sayman has been called a “genius boy” by the media.

At the age of 13, he taught himself how to program and make money by developing apps. His 4 Snaps briefly reached Number one in the App Store’s games category. At that time, due to the family economic situation problems, young he also took on the task of supporting the family. Sayman once said:

All my money was going to my family, and I didn’t feel anything about it. I’m spending $12,000 a month, and I’m only a teenager! For me, I can already buy myself a top-end Mac, the best iPhone, and I don’t want anything else.

Facebook discovered Sayman when he created an iPhone app using Facebook’s developer tools. When Sayman was 17, Facebook offered him an internship and he became a full-time engineer at 18.

After joining Facebook, Sayman met With Zuckerberg, and Zuckerberg gave Sayman a face-to-face compliment on the app he created.