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Re:As teens left Facebook, it planned to target 6-year-olds,... by subsubzero on Monday November 01, 2021 @03:07PM (#29071435)
FB interview standards are extremely high. People who work there, probably about 95% of them could work at any other tech company if they choose to. What keeps a majority of the people there I would assume is 2 things,

#1. The pay is very close to top in the industry, hedgefunds/netflix pay usually more.

#2. Getting to work on products/features that are used by millions and sometimes billions of users, not many companies can offer that to a candidate.

I personally am hounded by their recruiters but will never work there due to moral objections about their leadership and their companies effect on society. That being said I am not judging people for working there, everyone has a free choice to make and some people may not have my convictions and there are many great people who do work there.

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Re:As teens left Facebook, it planned to target 6-year-olds,... by avree on Monday November 01, 2021 @05:25PM (#29073335)
Yes, that is the point I was attempting to make. These people are talented enough to work anywhere, but could they make the same pay? Is it guaranteed they won't run into something as morally troubling to them, such as Microsoft/Google's partnerships with ICE and aggressive seeking of defensive contracts, for example?
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