I don't think Sheryl Sandberg is pretending anything.

The scrutiny on her as COO is disproportionate here.

Can you even name an equivalent person at Google (now) or Microsoft? Or a presently troubled company - Tesla, maybe? I'm doubtful, and I'm willing to say there's probably a sexist element to this inappropriate scrutiny.

She's the de facto CEO. She's placed there by investors to manage Zuck and stop him doing anything that might jeopardise all that IPO capital - and after her time at Google, she proved she knew how to manage ASD idealists. I'm rather glad this has happened, someone who built the two biggest douchebag business models the world has ever seen is not fit for public office.

Facebook may be the next Yahoo!

What I fear is what replaces it ... it may be an even more unscrupulous company that avoids the outrage simply by being less transparent.

Those who want to use our data and take our privacy aren't going anywhere. Don't ever trust any company, ever - it's about what data is being collected, not who is collecting it.

Where are those other CS PhDs looking to work instead? Am very curious to know how these highly in-demand people make decisions about where to work and the impact their work can have.

At Oxbridge, DeepMind is definitely the preferred employer, alsmost nobody is interested in an academic career, finance is not especially popular but always an option in London, hedgefunds heavily recruit. I would say next popular option after DeepMind or big tech in Silicon Valley is London startup scene for many.

Palantir

Sandberg is a classist asshole.

Correction: What we're seeing is not leadership. Leadership is a verb. It's actions, not words.

In the context of that definition, SS is not a leader, and should not be referred to as such.

Leadership is a noun.

Thanks mom. Are you done proof reading my paper yet? Did you get to the part on metaphors and analogies?