Re:Instagram is shifting to videos – users aren't happy
by fdgsdfogijq on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @04:14PM
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I have worked at two big tech companies, and previously worked on an ML research team for an investment firm. I am speaking from first hand experience
> Theory on facebook failure/Google failure to innovate: They have the highest leetcode standards out of FAANG. As does Snap.
As does Tik Tok, perhaps even more so.
> lower level engineers hired ten years ago do rise to the top and run whole divisions
Engineers have little say into product decisions, even if they run whole divisions. Nobody is criticizing the engineering decisions Facebook and Google are making. Just their products.