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"Done is better than perfect" "Move fast and break things" I'm glad they're not holding any critical data like our personal information, what we do, what we t

by buffoon 11y ago

"Done is better than perfect" "Move fast and break things" I'm glad they're not holding any critical data like our personal information, what we do, what we think and where we are then! If this set of slides embodies 'hacker culture' which it claims to, I am not a hacker, neither are my colleagues and I'm proud of that. The whole thing stinks of arrogance hiding incompetence. I'm not putting anything near facebook, ever.

asdfqwe1 11y ago
To be fair, most of these specific signs have been removed now/changed (I was an intern there fall 2013). They actually talked about how that used to be a slogan, but breaking stuff isn't really acceptable anymore because facebook is so big. They still wanted us to move really fast though...
- iLoch 11y ago
  Facebook's new slogan is "Move fast with stable infrastructure."
- zeeshanm 11y ago
  From what I have heard they are now expecting their employees to still move fast, break stuff, but be ready to be penalized for it if you do. So, really, they are encouraging their employees to move at a steady pace with occasional hack nights when there is an upcoming release in the near-term. Facebook is growing old.
  - gorena 11y ago
    Does Facebook pay overtime for "hack nights"?
    - buffoon 11y ago
      High profile companies seem to have a privilege complex I.e. you're lucky to be working for them.
    - edgyswingset 11y ago
      No, but they make up for it by consistently throwing piles of money at peoples' feet which dwarf the compensation of all but a handful of other jobs.
  - Shish2k 11y ago
    Trying to correct all the misunderstandings in this discussion would be a little soul crushing; but just picking this one comment as it seems well-intentioned and doesn't go anywhere near anything NDA-covered ;) > break stuff, but be ready to be penalized I've seen things break a few times, and the attitude is always "how do we fix this" and then "how do we fix the system to prevent this type of error in the future", never "whose fault is this" > occasional hack They seem to happen fairly often > nights They're mostly days, since a large number of people have families to go back to; some people stay late with beer and pizza and friends, because that's the kind of thing they enjoy doing, but it's an optional extra. (Technically the hack day is optional too -- if you're not interested, you can carry on as normal) > when there is an upcoming release Hacks aren't about video-game-industry style deadline crunches - quite the opposite; a hack day is when you pause your regular work (barring emergencies, ofc) in order to explore and experiment with things you're interested in but wouldn't normally work on. > in the near-term Releases are always near (like, multiple times per day).

by buffoon 11y ago

asdfqwe1 11y ago

To be fair, most of these specific signs have been removed now/changed (I was an intern there fall 2013). They actually talked about how that used to be a slogan, but breaking stuff isn't really acceptable anymore because facebook is so big. They still wanted us to move really fast though...

iLoch 11y ago
Facebook's new slogan is "Move fast with stable infrastructure."
zeeshanm 11y ago
From what I have heard they are now expecting their employees to still move fast, break stuff, but be ready to be penalized for it if you do. So, really, they are encouraging their employees to move at a steady pace with occasional hack nights when there is an upcoming release in the near-term. Facebook is growing old.
- gorena 11y ago
  Does Facebook pay overtime for "hack nights"?
  - buffoon 11y ago
    High profile companies seem to have a privilege complex I.e. you're lucky to be working for them.
  - edgyswingset 11y ago
    No, but they make up for it by consistently throwing piles of money at peoples' feet which dwarf the compensation of all but a handful of other jobs.
- Shish2k 11y ago
  Trying to correct all the misunderstandings in this discussion would be a little soul crushing; but just picking this one comment as it seems well-intentioned and doesn't go anywhere near anything NDA-covered ;) > break stuff, but be ready to be penalized I've seen things break a few times, and the attitude is always "how do we fix this" and then "how do we fix the system to prevent this type of error in the future", never "whose fault is this" > occasional hack They seem to happen fairly often > nights They're mostly days, since a large number of people have families to go back to; some people stay late with beer and pizza and friends, because that's the kind of thing they enjoy doing, but it's an optional extra. (Technically the hack day is optional too -- if you're not interested, you can carry on as normal) > when there is an upcoming release Hacks aren't about video-game-industry style deadline crunches - quite the opposite; a hack day is when you pause your regular work (barring emergencies, ofc) in order to explore and experiment with things you're interested in but wouldn't normally work on. > in the near-term Releases are always near (like, multiple times per day).