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It sounds like you feel FB is the king of companies to work for; why is that? I've no experience working there; however I would consider my work place to be amo

It sounds like you feel FB is the king of companies to work for; why is that? I've no experience working there; however I would consider my work place to be among the best places to work. I'm sure others on HN work at amazing places too.

khazhou 10y ago
This reminds me of this time I went to Olive Garden, and asked how the penne bolognese is, and the waitress said "It sounds like you feel penne bolognese is the king of pastas to eat; why is that?" Before I had a chance to answer, she continued, "I've no experience eating pasta bolognese; however I would consider my own fettucine alfredo to the among the best pastas to eat. I'm sure others have eaten amazing pasta too." While I stammered and tried to think of the appropriate reply, she started clucking at me like a chicken and chased me out of the restaurant. Before I reached the parking lot, she put an empty burrito wrapper into my hand and said "I got this free at Facebook," with a smile and a wink, and I never saw her again after that.
- HeavenBanned 10y ago
  ?
- synicalx 10y ago
  I went from thinking that was real, to fake, then back to real, then fake again and now I'm confused and just want a drink.
  - lucaspiller 10y ago
    And a free burrito...
    - synicalx 10y ago
      Actually yeah, could definitely go a burrito
      - dllthomas 10y ago
        There's a "Facebook uses Haskell" + "monads are like burritos" joke here somewhere, but I'm not finding it.
        bbcbasic 10y ago
        Not just burritos. Free burritos. A la carte.. ok I'll stop.
        dllthomas 10y ago
        Well done!
- linkregister 10y ago
  If there was an HN "best of", this post would belong on it.
- pndpo 10y ago
  I like the cut of your jib
- chad_strategic 10y ago
  I was just about to say there is no creativity on HN. You my friend, have won the internet for today!
- sethammons 10y ago
  Well played. As you point out, my comment did not add much. Re-reading the original question, I see where I went wrong. I took it as the op looking for places that have great work life balance, awesome projects, and such (which I thought many HNers can likely boast about) and limiting the response to Facebook. Reading again, I see they want a compare and contrast with Facebook or folks to just give their impressions of working there. My bad.

khazhou 10y ago

This reminds me of this time I went to Olive Garden, and asked how the penne bolognese is, and the waitress said "It sounds like you feel penne bolognese is the king of pastas to eat; why is that?" Before I had a chance to answer, she continued, "I've no experience eating pasta bolognese; however I would consider my own fettucine alfredo to the among the best pastas to eat. I'm sure others have eaten amazing pasta too." While I stammered and tried to think of the appropriate reply, she started clucking at me like a chicken and chased me out of the restaurant. Before I reached the parking lot, she put an empty burrito wrapper into my hand and said "I got this free at Facebook," with a smile and a wink, and I never saw her again after that.

HeavenBanned 10y ago
?
synicalx 10y ago
I went from thinking that was real, to fake, then back to real, then fake again and now I'm confused and just want a drink.
- lucaspiller 10y ago
  And a free burrito...
  - synicalx 10y ago
    Actually yeah, could definitely go a burrito
    - dllthomas 10y ago
      There's a "Facebook uses Haskell" + "monads are like burritos" joke here somewhere, but I'm not finding it.
      - bbcbasic 10y ago
        Not just burritos. Free burritos. A la carte.. ok I'll stop.
        dllthomas 10y ago
        Well done!
linkregister 10y ago
If there was an HN "best of", this post would belong on it.
pndpo 10y ago
I like the cut of your jib
chad_strategic 10y ago
I was just about to say there is no creativity on HN. You my friend, have won the internet for today!
sethammons 10y ago
Well played. As you point out, my comment did not add much. Re-reading the original question, I see where I went wrong. I took it as the op looking for places that have great work life balance, awesome projects, and such (which I thought many HNers can likely boast about) and limiting the response to Facebook. Reading again, I see they want a compare and contrast with Facebook or folks to just give their impressions of working there. My bad.