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There is no career hit associated with Facebook. That’s just ludicrous wishful thinking. People love to complain about Goldman Sachs too, but that still looks g

There is no career hit associated with Facebook. That’s just ludicrous wishful thinking. People love to complain about Goldman Sachs too, but that still looks good on a resume.

JumpCrisscross 7y ago
> There is no career hit associated with Facebook Having witnessed it personally, yes there is. It's not evenly distributed. And if you do something amazing later on, people will look past it. But it's there in a way it isn't for e.g. Apple or Google or Amazon. > People love to complain about Goldman Sachs too, but that still looks good on a resume Goldman is universally respected within finance. Facebook is not universally respected within tech. (Neither Goldman nor Facebook care about public opinion, outside of managing political risk, since neither sells its product to the mass market [1].) [1] Goldman recently started doing this, though
- JohnFen 7y ago
  Yes, I've seen it too. As you say, it's not evenly distributed, and it also depends on other factors such as when you started working for them and what your role was. But there's definitely some amount of stigma associated with having Facebook on your resume. The interesting question is whether that's temporary, or whether it will become even more pronounced over time. I could see it going either way.
- Pils 7y ago
  Is there a scenario similar to Facebook's in finance, right now or historically?
  - lallysingh 7y ago
    Like Wells Fargo, or any of the folks in this list: https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/101515/3-biggest-hedge-fund-scandals.asp https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/101515/3-big... I'd be hesitant about someone who'd work for Madoff.
hahamrfunnyguy 7y ago
Personally, I wouldn't overlook someone who worked at Facebook. I don't really like them as a company, but it doesn't mean everyone who works there is a bad actor.

There is no career hit associated with Facebook. That’s just ludicrous wishful thinking. People love to complain about Goldman Sachs too, but that still looks good on a resume.

JumpCrisscross 7y ago

> There is no career hit associated with Facebook Having witnessed it personally, yes there is. It's not evenly distributed. And if you do something amazing later on, people will look past it. But it's there in a way it isn't for e.g. Apple or Google or Amazon. > People love to complain about Goldman Sachs too, but that still looks good on a resume Goldman is universally respected within finance. Facebook is not universally respected within tech. (Neither Goldman nor Facebook care about public opinion, outside of managing political risk, since neither sells its product to the mass market [1].) [1] Goldman recently started doing this, though

JohnFen 7y ago
Yes, I've seen it too. As you say, it's not evenly distributed, and it also depends on other factors such as when you started working for them and what your role was. But there's definitely some amount of stigma associated with having Facebook on your resume. The interesting question is whether that's temporary, or whether it will become even more pronounced over time. I could see it going either way.
Pils 7y ago
Is there a scenario similar to Facebook's in finance, right now or historically?
- lallysingh 7y ago
  Like Wells Fargo, or any of the folks in this list: https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/101515/3-biggest-hedge-fund-scandals.asp https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/101515/3-big... I'd be hesitant about someone who'd work for Madoff.

hahamrfunnyguy 7y ago

Personally, I wouldn't overlook someone who worked at Facebook. I don't really like them as a company, but it doesn't mean everyone who works there is a bad actor.