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Re:Facebook employees are now more willing to leave, tech re... by new_guy on Sunday November 14, 2021 @12:17PM (#29218624)
Dogfooding the product you're working on isn't that unusual even if it is FB. It dramatically improves quality when you're 'forced' to use the same product you're developing.
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Re:Facebook employees are now more willing to leave, tech re... by jakear on Sunday November 14, 2021 @12:35PM (#29218790)
In general, yes absolutely.

It becomes more questionable when that product is on the backend of hundreds of thousands of engineer-hours dedicated to optimizing engagement. Bit like saying "sorry bud, we don't want your chemical engineering talent in our meth shop unless you are a meth addict, surely you understand self-hosting enables us to make a superior product"

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Re:Facebook employees are now more willing to leave, tech re... by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Sunday November 14, 2021 @05:52PM (#29221533)
Maybe you just shouldn't work in meth shops at all.
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Re:Facebook employees are now more willing to leave, tech re... by billylindeman on Sunday November 14, 2021 @12:31PM (#29218759)
LOL if you can't get your own employees to want to you use your product you might have a problem .
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