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Re:‘I Don’t Really Want to Work for Facebook.’ Say Some Comp... by saagarjha on Thursday November 15, 2018 @06:03PM (#18464317)
It’s always a compromise. Facebook offering you an extra $10K but you have to work on increasing engagement? Probably a pass. Facebook offering an extra $500K to work on public research that doesn’t help their bottom line? Maybe something worth looking at. Currently, I don’t see any jobs at Facebook that tip the scale for me personally.
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Re:‘I Don’t Really Want to Work for Facebook.’ Say Some Comp... by EpicEng on Thursday November 15, 2018 @06:45PM (#18464616)
Well, exactly; it's easy to take the moral highground when, well... it's easy. When there's a real choice at hand most people do what's best for them.
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Re:‘I Don’t Really Want to Work for Facebook.’ Say Some Comp... by saagarjha on Thursday November 15, 2018 @07:14PM (#18464863)
“What’s best for them” often also includes a vague notion of “feeling good by helping humanity” of similar, which often doesn’t show up when just looking at salaries.
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Re:‘I Don’t Really Want to Work for Facebook.’ Say Some Comp... by EpicEng on Thursday November 15, 2018 @07:46PM (#18465121)
"often"? I don't know how often altruism beats out personal gain.
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