This reminds me of an episode from my own life. After I'd left FB, I interviewed at a smaller SV social media company for a remote SWE role. The technical inter

This reminds me of an episode from my own life. After I'd left FB, I interviewed at a smaller SV social media company for a remote SWE role. The technical interviews were easy enough, during the final interview with the director of the department, he asked me point blank: "Do you have any children?". I found that question to be very jarring because my spouse was 2 months pregnant with our first child at the time. After pausing to weigh my options a bit, I replied with a curt "no". The first thought that came across my mind was, how was even legal to ask questions like that at a job interview? But then I remembered that he was sitting in California and I was in Ireland. In all likelihood there aren't any international laws preventing it. To conclude the story, I got an offer that I accepted. Told the director during our first 1:1 that I was expecting a child. At both subsequent interaction I had with that person started with an anti-natalist rant about how children slow down one's career. I left the company in 3 months. The anti-natalism was one of the many reasons to do so.