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Facebook and social media get a lot of shade here. It's not just HN though, the shame is fairly universal, even to prospective employees. I had a junior ask me
by kodah 5y ago
Facebook and social media get a lot of shade here. It's not just HN though, the shame is fairly universal, even to prospective employees. I had a junior ask me if it was wise to go work there and I had to tell him this: "In this day and age there are no clean companies. All the places you think are heroes will become villains and the villains advertise themselves as heroes. The best you can do as a talented person is to earn your money and one day try to work on problems you're passionate about for companies that couldn't afford the price tag you deserve."
All in all, I don't like what most of these companies do, but I also don't like moralizing employees directly for it. Rarely if ever do they work on the things that make those companies a problem. That requires coordination that engineers are not typically involved in.
- istjohn 5y agoThere is nothing wise about cynical amorality. The best you can do as a talented person is look to where you can apply your talents to make the world a better place.
- kodah 5y agoMorality is not a requirement in my world. Ethics in a given paradigm do matter to me though, and discriminating based on my morals about someone's employment history would be a clear violation of ethical hiring practices. The phrase "making the world a better place" is also lost on me. How many startups have said this, only to make it better for some people but worse for others? It's an illusion we tell ourselves.