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The bigger problem is recruiting. How many offers will be declined in favor of Google, startups, etc...

by AdamN 9y ago

adsfasdfsad111 9y ago
lol, probably none?
adamnemecek 9y ago
It did more damage than you think
- brad0 9y ago
  Could you clarify?
brad0 9y ago
I don't believe that recruiting is a big problem. Their immediate problem is that money isn't coming in. When you don't have money coming in you're not worried about hiring more people.
otalp 9y ago
It's not like Google is a privacy haven for people who care about that sort of thing.
- Bajeezus 9y ago
  Google has a much better public profile than Facebook. In the eyes of the public, Facebook is a good deal more "evil" than Google.
  - Antifragile1 9y ago
    I guess people who dont understand Google and Facebook might think so. Anyone who is smart enough and informed, I dont think so.
- mieseratte 9y ago
  > It's not like Google is a privacy haven for people who care about that sort of thing. Google, Facebook, and Amazon are all on my shit-list. Any company that harnesses hapless users as a product can rot in hell.
  - drewmol 9y ago
    I'm a bit worried they will soon enough go the route of AT&T, Comcast, the Telco mafia, Airlines, etc. and embrace their suck, then just lobby for survival. https://www.fastcompany.com/40520529/big-tech-lobbying-spree-heres-how-much-apple-amazon-and-others-gave-d-c-in-2017 https://www.fastcompany.com/40520529/big-tech-lobbying-spree...
symlinkk 9y ago
I don't think you really need the best of the best programmers to keep Facebook running. Other than the infrastructure needed to support the massive number of users Facebook has, I doubt the rest of the work done over there is really much more difficult than work done anywhere else. And I doubt they'll have to improve the infrastructure very much any more, seeing as they've much got as many users now as they ever are going to have. If anything it will get easier over time as more and more people leave the platform.
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CryoLogic 9y ago
Facebook's offers are still higher value than Google/Startups. And Google (although not the company in question) has nearly as questionable data use as Facebook.

The bigger problem is recruiting. How many offers will be declined in favor of Google, startups, etc...

by AdamN 9y ago

The bigger problem is recruiting. How many offers will be declined in favor of Google, startups, etc...

adsfasdfsad111 9y ago

lol, probably none?

adamnemecek 9y ago

It did more damage than you think

brad0 9y ago
Could you clarify?

brad0 9y ago

I don't believe that recruiting is a big problem. Their immediate problem is that money isn't coming in. When you don't have money coming in you're not worried about hiring more people.

otalp 9y ago

It's not like Google is a privacy haven for people who care about that sort of thing.

Bajeezus 9y ago
Google has a much better public profile than Facebook. In the eyes of the public, Facebook is a good deal more "evil" than Google.
- Antifragile1 9y ago
  I guess people who dont understand Google and Facebook might think so. Anyone who is smart enough and informed, I dont think so.
mieseratte 9y ago
> It's not like Google is a privacy haven for people who care about that sort of thing. Google, Facebook, and Amazon are all on my shit-list. Any company that harnesses hapless users as a product can rot in hell.
- drewmol 9y ago
  I'm a bit worried they will soon enough go the route of AT&T, Comcast, the Telco mafia, Airlines, etc. and embrace their suck, then just lobby for survival. https://www.fastcompany.com/40520529/big-tech-lobbying-spree-heres-how-much-apple-amazon-and-others-gave-d-c-in-2017 https://www.fastcompany.com/40520529/big-tech-lobbying-spree...

symlinkk 9y ago

I don't think you really need the best of the best programmers to keep Facebook running. Other than the infrastructure needed to support the massive number of users Facebook has, I doubt the rest of the work done over there is really much more difficult than work done anywhere else. And I doubt they'll have to improve the infrastructure very much any more, seeing as they've much got as many users now as they ever are going to have. If anything it will get easier over time as more and more people leave the platform.

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CryoLogic 9y ago

Facebook's offers are still higher value than Google/Startups. And Google (although not the company in question) has nearly as questionable data use as Facebook.