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Maybe the position of VP of AI at other FAANG companies was already taken, and there were no other alternatives at the similar level of prestige and compensatio

by krn 7y ago

Maybe the position of VP of AI at other FAANG companies was already taken, and there were no other alternatives at the similar level of prestige and compensation in the job market.

bubble_talk 7y ago
>>similar level of prestige Assuming this isn't sarcasm, this is how the word prestige is defined - "denoting something that arouses widespread respect or admiration". Facebook lied to ad buyers (customers) about video views https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/17/17989712/facebook-inaccurate-video-metrics-inflation-lawsuit https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/17/17989712/facebook-inaccu... Facebook lied to users about their spying app https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2019/03/02/facebook-caught-lying-about-spying-on-teenage-users-data-yet-again/#b5b53b142888 https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2019/03/02/facebook-... Facebook lied to regulators about its ability to combine user data https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/7/18215143/facebook-whatsapp-instagram-third-party-user-data-combined-banned-germany-fco-competition https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/7/18215143/facebook-whatsapp... Facebook lied to journalists about the CA issue https://www.vice.com/en_in/article/qv777x/facebook-lied-to-journalists-about-how-bad-the-cambridge-analytica-scandal-was https://www.vice.com/en_in/article/qv777x/facebook-lied-to-j... They don't mind doing mood manipulation experiments https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/06/everything-we-know-about-facebooks-secret-mood-manipulation-experiment/373648/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/06/every... They have absolutely no qualms stooping low enough to steal money from kids https://www.consumerreports.org/privacy/facebook-friendly-fraud-scandal-what-parents-need-to-know/ https://www.consumerreports.org/privacy/facebook-friendly-fr... Based on the definition above, there is only one prestigious job left at Facebook. Whistle-blower.
- krn 7y ago
  > Assuming this isn't sarcasm, this is how the word prestige is defined - "denoting something that arouses widespread respect or admiration". "Prestige" in terms of the scale of technical challenges that very few other companies can match at the moment. For many career-focused individuals that is the only thing that matters.

by krn 7y ago

Maybe the position of VP of AI at other FAANG companies was already taken, and there were no other alternatives at the similar level of prestige and compensation in the job market.

bubble_talk 7y ago

>>similar level of prestige Assuming this isn't sarcasm, this is how the word prestige is defined - "denoting something that arouses widespread respect or admiration". Facebook lied to ad buyers (customers) about video views https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/17/17989712/facebook-inaccurate-video-metrics-inflation-lawsuit https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/17/17989712/facebook-inaccu... Facebook lied to users about their spying app https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2019/03/02/facebook-caught-lying-about-spying-on-teenage-users-data-yet-again/#b5b53b142888 https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2019/03/02/facebook-... Facebook lied to regulators about its ability to combine user data https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/7/18215143/facebook-whatsapp-instagram-third-party-user-data-combined-banned-germany-fco-competition https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/7/18215143/facebook-whatsapp... Facebook lied to journalists about the CA issue https://www.vice.com/en_in/article/qv777x/facebook-lied-to-journalists-about-how-bad-the-cambridge-analytica-scandal-was https://www.vice.com/en_in/article/qv777x/facebook-lied-to-j... They don't mind doing mood manipulation experiments https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/06/everything-we-know-about-facebooks-secret-mood-manipulation-experiment/373648/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/06/every... They have absolutely no qualms stooping low enough to steal money from kids https://www.consumerreports.org/privacy/facebook-friendly-fraud-scandal-what-parents-need-to-know/ https://www.consumerreports.org/privacy/facebook-friendly-fr... Based on the definition above, there is only one prestigious job left at Facebook. Whistle-blower.

krn 7y ago
> Assuming this isn't sarcasm, this is how the word prestige is defined - "denoting something that arouses widespread respect or admiration". "Prestige" in terms of the scale of technical challenges that very few other companies can match at the moment. For many career-focused individuals that is the only thing that matters.