How Facebook Can Become Bigger In Five Years Than Google Is Today

Re:How Facebook Can Become Bigger In Five Years Than Google ... by yurylifshits on Sunday October 03, 2010 @12:07AM (#1752050)

Here is another argument for Facebook: hiring potential.

Right now, Facebook is the most attractive large tech company in the world. Out of 10 new geniuses 8 will go to Facebook, one to Google, one to Apple. Facebook is smaller (you can get a bigger project immediately), at Facebook your commits go live at the second day on the job ("Move fast and break things"), Facebook options are much more attractive, and also working for Facebook can get you laid (seriously, working there has much more sex appeal than working at other tech companies).

Because Facebook can snap the cream of the next generation of talent, it will be in ideal position to take on any big opportunity over the next 5 years.

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Re:How Facebook Can Become Bigger In Five Years Than Google ... by klochner on Sunday October 03, 2010 @01:07AM (#1752134)

Options are only more attractive until they go public, which won't be 5 years.

How long did it take before Facebook started sucking post-ipo employees from google?

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Re:How Facebook Can Become Bigger In Five Years Than Google ... by yurylifshits on Sunday October 03, 2010 @03:23AM (#1752304)

With the appearance of "mezzanine" investors like DST, there is much less pressure to go public. So Facebook's IPO can be deferred by a few years. Google was not having this opportunity.

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