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Reducing the problem to a vague hypothetical and then weighing the answers of a bunch of anonymous internet people is a bad way of making this type of decision.
by starkfist 16y ago
Reducing the problem to a vague hypothetical and then weighing the answers of a bunch of anonymous internet people is a bad way of making this type of decision. You actually need to be very specific with company names, stock prices, contract issues, names of actual people you work with, and so forth.
For example leaving Mahalo to go to Yahoo would be a no-brainer, even if you got paid less. Leaving Apple to go to Yahoo would be stupid. Leaving Google for Facebook... tougher call. The details make more of a difference than "+1, Insightful" type posts about loyalty, happiness, and such.
- CyberFonic 16y agoAre you joking ??? For what reason(s) would anyone leave Google to work for Facebook?
- dirtyaura 16y agoFor a lot of reasons: Making a difference. Facebook has about 1000 engineers/product people, Google has about 10000. Interesting, popular product. Over 400 million people using, it's exciting, once-in-a-lifetime type of product despite the issues revolving around privacy etc. Money If you have opportunity to get any stock options inside Facebook, you have possibility to get quite amount of money after IPO. I assume that you have smart coworkers in both places. Google has more middle management and thus company politics, but it's still relatively flat for an organization of its size.