Chris Hughes Says It’s Time to Break Up Facebook

Re:Chris Hughes Says It’s Time to Break Up Facebook by hodgesrm on Thursday May 09, 2019 @10:28AM (#19868580)

It's not clear that many of the people you are describing would have joined a startup anyway. There's big difference in the personalities who thrive in startups and those that thrive in large bureaucracies. An alternative view is that Silicon Valley and other tech centers are increasing dominated by the latter type of person.

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Re:Chris Hughes Says It’s Time to Break Up Facebook by jmastrangelo on Thursday May 09, 2019 @10:42AM (#19868712)

> An alternative view is that Silicon Valley and other tech centers are increasing dominated by the latter type of person.

Definitely possible and likely true to some extent. Smart people who don't have a particular passion and may have chosen finance/consulting in another era are considering tech.

Though I do see a lot of people move in and out of being high leadership at smaller companies/startups and into manager/director positions at FANG.

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Re:Chris Hughes Says It’s Time to Break Up Facebook by codr7 on Thursday May 09, 2019 @11:17AM (#19869032)

I'd go further and note that online software discussions in general seem increasingly dominated by complete beginners who couldn't care less about code except as a stepping stone to money and fame.

How this is all going to lead anywhere worth going is anyone's guess...

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Re:Chris Hughes Says It’s Time to Break Up Facebook by jmastrangelo on Thursday May 09, 2019 @12:06PM (#19869477)

I think the change will have two effects. The first is the cynical one, where tons of unqualified people come into the field just for the money, write poor software, and probably don't actually enjoy their lives that much because they're not good at what they do and lack that internal satisfaction.

But, a more positive change is that there will be some high-impact multitalented genius individuals that choose to pursue tech instead of high finance or politics or something like that. Jeff Bezos left a hedge fund to start Amazon. Now he may be a ruthless son-of-a-bitch when it comes to competing, but for consumers the positive impact has been enormous. He's likely done far more good than he would have being a lifer at D.E. Shaw.

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