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>Let's remember that many of our fellow hackers are likely Facebook engineers doing regular work, and are probably feeling pretty bad right now, even though the
by sincerely 9y ago
>Let's remember that many of our fellow hackers are likely Facebook engineers doing regular work, and are probably feeling pretty bad right now, even though the decisions behind what's going on is way above their pay grade.
Didn't we establish that "just following orders" doesn't cut it decades ago?
- lallysingh 9y agoThe second paragraph that you didn't quote covered that
- leesalminen 9y agoBarely. I think FB engineers deserve more than “some” of the blame here. Surely they could see the negative consequences of linking health data into their graph.
- LinuxBender 9y agoThe ones I know are proud of the fact they can pull in thousands of data sources. They will show off what they can do using big data, AI and other bingo terms with your data.
- leesalminen 9y agoScary stuff. Glad I never drank the FB Kool-Aid. Don’t think I’d even consider a job offer from them.
- ShabbosGoy 9y agoIt’s easy to say that when you are financially secure and comfortable.
- 794CD01 9y agoWhat kind of person is facebook interested in hiring who can't become financially secure and comfortable working elsewhere?
- leesalminen 9y agoAgreed. If you can get hired as an engineer at FB, you can get hired as an engineer at a less shitty company. If FB started hiring unskilled laborers and promised to train them up to be a software dev, I could see this argument having some weight. But, AFAIK, they don’t.