Facebook's Novi wallet hits trouble as two top engineers depart

Re:Facebook's Novi wallet hits trouble as two top engineers ... by asdfman123 on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @10:00PM (#28847397)

Hell, dude. That's hard to imagine. Maybe it's hard for them to recruit world leading experts on crypto, but Facebook still has a ton of top talent and a ton of hungry people willing to make a name for themselves within the company.

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Re:Facebook's Novi wallet hits trouble as two top engineers ... by hnbad on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @04:30AM (#28849689)

Sure but justifying working for Facebook or in crypto currencies to yourself takes enough cognitive dissonance, I can't imagine the lengths you have to got to to justify working on Facebook's crypto currency projects.

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Re:Facebook's Novi wallet hits trouble as two top engineers ... by asdfman123 on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @12:31PM (#28854266)

It's easy if you actually believe the libertarian crypto gospel like many do.

Or just believe that technology is inevitable, and you might as well be the one building it.

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Re:Facebook's Novi wallet hits trouble as two top engineers ... by rabuse on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @02:08PM (#28855428)

This mindset is not as abundant as the older days, as a lot of us developers are now becoming more "morally" aware of how our code affects society on international scales.

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Re:Facebook's Novi wallet hits trouble as two top engineers ... by asdfman123 on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @02:37PM (#28855730)

Yeah, but my point is not everyone thinks the same.

You might think that way, and consciousness about the greater effects of technology on the world are coming into focus, but there are still plenty of people who don't see it that way at all. Or they don't care so much and just want a paycheck.

It's harder to get young liberals in oil, finance and defense, yet those industries still have plenty of talented people working for them.

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