I worked at Facebook thinking it was trying to improve and have a positive impact on the world. Working there made me realize that the #1 goal was to increase active users, user engagement, and profitability, and having a responsible impact on the world would take a back seat to this. Additionally, it was clear that Zuck’s vision for the world is to create a universal platform through which the world connects and socializes, and the recent metaverse push is a dystopian continuation of this vision.

>thinking it was trying to improve and have a positive impact on the world

Were you like a very early employee or are you just that naive?

FB's intent became quite clear, quite fast in their history. Like, remember when they became so famous for their lack of ethics that even a hollywood movie came out whose plot is pretty much only about that?

And that was 12(!) years ago ... so, I am truly wondering, from where exactly did you get this idea of a company trying to change the world for good?

Can't speak for others but I've never wanted to work at FB, never will, and can honestly say FB is a resume negative when I'm looking at candidates.

I wouldn't go so far to say that FB would ever be a resume negative. It really depends on what their experience there was like. Some really great people went to work for FB after making bank a Google in the early days and I would gladly work with any of the folks from that stage of FB. Post that period there was some serious internal culture problems (performance culture SMH) and yeah... I would say most of the good folks (that weren't properly isolated from that misery) left and there was a dark age of FB engineering as a result. I think they recovered from this somewhat but these days it would need to be a case by case basis when I interview a candidate and get an understanding of their time at FB, what they worked on etc and with who.

I would never even consider working for Facebook no matter their interview process. They are a loathsome company led by a psychopath. They could offer me a job right now with no interview and I wouldn't take it.

Some people can't be bought. What about you?

Nearly every one can be bought. Choosing to be holier than thou while drawing a line of Facebook is awful, they can’t buy me, but otherwise not doing the same to the majority of public/big companies who are also ethically compromised, is not so much better.

Yes, I’d take a high paying job at Facebook. I live in a status quo, unfair, corrupt capitalist society in the west. I know I have to play the game.

>Nearly every one can be bought.

Sure, if we're just talking about comparing generalizations or wild scenarios, but in context that person probably has access to other opportunities that rival or exceed Facebook's comp or social impact.