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This is true of anything, just a bunch of talk. It's easy to be opposed to X when X does not offer you anything. As soon as X is good for you, many (most?) peop

This is true of anything, just a bunch of talk. It's easy to be opposed to X when X does not offer you anything. As soon as X is good for you, many (most?) people don't stick to their guns.

saagarjha 8y ago
It’s always a compromise. Facebook offering you an extra $10K but you have to work on increasing engagement? Probably a pass. Facebook offering an extra $500K to work on public research that doesn’t help their bottom line? Maybe something worth looking at. Currently, I don’t see any jobs at Facebook that tip the scale for me personally.
- EpicEng 8y ago
  Well, exactly; it's easy to take the moral highground when, well... it's easy. When there's a real choice at hand most people do what's best for them.
  - saagarjha 8y ago
    “What’s best for them” often also includes a vague notion of “feeling good by helping humanity” of similar, which often doesn’t show up when just looking at salaries.
    - EpicEng 8y ago
      "often"? I don't know how often altruism beats out personal gain.
daveFNbuck 8y ago
Facebook doesn't just come out and offer students contracts. They have to apply and do a phone screen and travel to the office and spend a whole day interviewing. There are so many steps where it's still easy to be opposed but they're doing it anyway.
scottlocklin 8y ago
Yeah, nobody has principles. https://scottlocklin.wordpress.com/2018/05/24/i-dont-want-to-work-on-your-shitty-blockchain-project-especially-you-facebook/ https://scottlocklin.wordpress.com/2018/05/24/i-dont-want-to...
- EpicEng 8y ago
  Where did I say "no one"? Putting words in my mouth and then finding a single example which refutes something I never said I a complete waste of energy.