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top talent. It is an absolute joy to work with dedicated people who care about their craft, and FB is filled with them. Maybe you want to do a startup someday.
by breck 6y ago
top talent. It is an absolute joy to work with dedicated people who care about their craft, and FB is filled with them. Maybe you want to do a startup someday. You are going to need cofounders and go work at Facebook for 2 years and you'll probably build a working relationship with 100-200 highly talented people (while getting paid a lot!). Alternatively you could code by yourself for 2 years, without getting paid, and scrounge around on forums looking to build more working relationships. the former is MUCH more efficient.
products. For VR it's top notch (Oculus); for AI too; for VC (portal); for open source web tech (React); for data center tech. if you are interested in those domains (and I'm sure many more) its a top place to work.
information. they have brought billions people to the table to share online. while personally I would prefer if people were sharing more on open platforms and protocols, I think theres nothing wrong with competition and Facebook's "it just works" is great competition for Webtech and I still believe someday the web will get its act together and improve its core tech.
i worked at various big techs as an employee and contractor, and while never worked at FB, I can tell you the people building products mostly are building to build a better world, while at the same time the strategy of the company is to maximize the legal environment first to ensure profits, and put products second. So FB is no different in that regard.