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Re:Facebook employees are now more willing to leave, tech re... by troutmskreplica on Sunday November 14, 2021 @08:37PM (#29222626)
Interviewed there a few years back. This was right after one of the many Facebook crises became public (sorry, forget which). I wasn’t super interested in the role or working there but was interested in seeing what an offer might look like.

One of the interviewers was clearly going through a crises of conscience and told me he was thinking of leaving. All of the interviewers made it clear they didn’t personally use the product. Definitely the strangest interview of my life.

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Re:Facebook employees are now more willing to leave, tech re... by crate_barre on Sunday November 14, 2021 @08:57PM (#29222764)
That’s just the reality of money. What self respecting talented engineer seriously uses any of this stuff? Now imagine everyone across enterprise, it’s even more of a shit show (literal evil industries).

The duality creates a conundrum amongst a generation that often don’t settle down with a family until very later (if at all). If work is just for money, and you have nothing else in life, well shit, your ass is gonna be depressed.

Maybe Zuckerberg gets it, maybe we do need the metaverse to fill this insane void.

As for me, I literally look forward to chaos in the news at this point. Imagine that, how’d it come to this.

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Re:Facebook employees are now more willing to leave, tech re... by alfiedotwtf on Monday November 15, 2021 @01:50AM (#29224530)
> What self respecting talented engineer seriously uses any of this stuff

Not Facebook itself, but Oculus is way ahead of any commercially viable competition right now and I don't see this changing anytime soon.

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