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I've always said I would never consider Facebook because almost everything they do is so out of line with my priorities (I do acknowledge their massive contribu
by version_five 5y ago
I've always said I would never consider Facebook because almost everything they do is so out of line with my priorities (I do acknowledge their massive contribution to the broader machine learning research community).
But I wonder if it's now one of those "greedy when everyone is fearful" moments, when they've had so much bad press that they would actually have some good jobs to offer.
Personally, I bet the whole thing is overstated and they still have a big lineup of very well qualified candidates. I don't expect it is easy to get hired there. But as more people dump on them, trying to work there looks more and more attractive to me.
- soared 5y agoYou don’t even have to go to Facebook to take advantage of that theory. Lots of people hate companies like oracle, and they are always hiring. I didn’t last very long there, but certainly was paid more than anywhere else at the time.
- WalterGR 5y ago... they've had so much bad press that they would actually have some good jobs to offer. Probably. But how it all shakes out will influence how much you want Facebook listed on your resume.
- version_five 5y agoIf we're in a world where people hiring are put off by experience as a developer at facebook, there are bigger problems. Facebook still has a reputation of hiring good people. It's only the very sensitive that would completely discard that because they dont like the mission of the company. As I said, I don't identify with anything public facing that they do, and I wouldn't work there (other than to say it's more attractive as in my earlier comment), but I wouldn't consider their individual employees to have any different scruples than the broader workforce. (I'm talking about technical roles, no idea about the rest)
- rndmind 5y agoI think I found the facebook employee :)