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> you don't get billions of users by being evil. Tobacco companies would disagree, no, actually, they would agree, full-heartedly, and pay well for your study
by craigsmansion 8y ago
> you don't get billions of users by being evil.
Tobacco companies would disagree, no, actually, they would agree, full-heartedly, and pay well for your study that backs that up.
> Their engineering team, quality of life, and compensation is extremely hard to beat.
Working for Facebook in any meaningful technical capacity makes one a Machiavellian opportunist. For some, that's never worth it.
> As a recent college graduate
Yes, money is great and alluring. You can buy stuff with it, except for stuff you can't buy.
> there really isn't a better way to keep up with friends, family
Facebook puts a tax on being human, on trying to exist outside of a social vacuum. Doesn't that bother you?
- traek 8y ago> Facebook puts a tax on being human, on trying to exist outside of a social vacuum. I don't know what "trying to exist outside of a social vacuum" means. I also don't know what type of "tax" Facebook puts on being human that isn't levied--to at least some extent--by every other technological advance (telegraph, phone, internet, email, SMS...)