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The biggest thing turning me off when they email is that to work for Facebook you MUST have a Facebook account. I deleted mine years ago.

new_guy 5y ago
Dogfooding the product you're working on isn't that unusual even if it is FB. It dramatically improves quality when you're 'forced' to use the same product you're developing.
- billylindeman 5y ago
  LOL if you can't get your own employees to want to you use your product you might have a problem .
- jakear 5y ago
  In general, yes absolutely. It becomes more questionable when that product is on the backend of hundreds of thousands of engineer-hours dedicated to optimizing engagement. Bit like saying "sorry bud, we don't want your chemical engineering talent in our meth shop unless you are a meth addict, surely you understand self-hosting enables us to make a superior product"
  - AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y ago
    Maybe you just shouldn't work in meth shops at all.
david38 5y ago
Why? Nothing is stopping you from having a name_job account. Never add any friends other than coworkers, only use a specific browser, etc.
erehweb 5y ago
Being willing to use your employer's product is a really low bar in compatibility.
- 0x0nyandesu 5y ago
  There's no reason for it if I'm doing back end DevOps. I don't want to work on "the product".
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  - lupire 5y ago
    Facebook uses Facebook for internal comms as an alternative to GMail/Office. Would you use that if you worked there?
    - 0x0nyandesu 5y ago
      Yes I know. That's part of the problem. I don't want to be in that eco system. Even just to apply for a job at Facebook they expect you to already have a Facebook account. The arrogance of the whole thing is just problematic.
      - ghaff 5y ago
        While there are lots of reasons to not want to use Facebook, it's also pretty reasonable that refusing to use a potential employer's product would be pretty much a non-starter when it comes to employment.
        msandford 5y ago
        Do you think that Ford only hires people that have only bought Ford all their lives? They check your car on the way to the interview and if it's not Ford you're automatically DQ'd? How would that work being a new hire at Tesla considering that they probably pay a lot of folks less than is required to own one? Cars, appliances, housing, fuel & energy, food, etc. Huge, huge swaths of the economy don't require brand loyalty because it's not reasonable to expect.
        5y ago

new_guy 5y ago

Dogfooding the product you're working on isn't that unusual even if it is FB. It dramatically improves quality when you're 'forced' to use the same product you're developing.

billylindeman 5y ago
LOL if you can't get your own employees to want to you use your product you might have a problem .
jakear 5y ago
In general, yes absolutely. It becomes more questionable when that product is on the backend of hundreds of thousands of engineer-hours dedicated to optimizing engagement. Bit like saying "sorry bud, we don't want your chemical engineering talent in our meth shop unless you are a meth addict, surely you understand self-hosting enables us to make a superior product"
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y ago
  Maybe you just shouldn't work in meth shops at all.

david38 5y ago

Why? Nothing is stopping you from having a name_job account. Never add any friends other than coworkers, only use a specific browser, etc.

erehweb 5y ago

Being willing to use your employer's product is a really low bar in compatibility.

0x0nyandesu 5y ago
There's no reason for it if I'm doing back end DevOps. I don't want to work on "the product".
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- lupire 5y ago
  Facebook uses Facebook for internal comms as an alternative to GMail/Office. Would you use that if you worked there?
  - 0x0nyandesu 5y ago
    Yes I know. That's part of the problem. I don't want to be in that eco system. Even just to apply for a job at Facebook they expect you to already have a Facebook account. The arrogance of the whole thing is just problematic.
    - ghaff 5y ago
      While there are lots of reasons to not want to use Facebook, it's also pretty reasonable that refusing to use a potential employer's product would be pretty much a non-starter when it comes to employment.
      - msandford 5y ago
        Do you think that Ford only hires people that have only bought Ford all their lives? They check your car on the way to the interview and if it's not Ford you're automatically DQ'd? How would that work being a new hire at Tesla considering that they probably pay a lot of folks less than is required to own one? Cars, appliances, housing, fuel & energy, food, etc. Huge, huge swaths of the economy don't require brand loyalty because it's not reasonable to expect.
        5y ago