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There is no denying that there is some interesting "engineering exhaust" coming from Facebook, side and passion projects developed on company time that are genu
by papito 4y ago
There is no denying that there is some interesting "engineering exhaust" coming from Facebook, side and passion projects developed on company time that are genuinely interesting and in ways industry-changing (React), but that is driven by devs and not the company. That is almost expected from a FAANG, where they have enough money to let that happen. Now, I bet, things will be different. You won't just be able to "do your own thing".
Say ello to KPIs.
- FooBarBizBazz 4y agoExactly this. The historical value of tech companies was that they provided safe, stable employment that gave employees enough slack to do things of value to society while tending to the profit engine. As these companies have evolved instead towards tightly-managed, low-slack organizations focused on KPIs, they now actively (and coercively) divert talent and attention from the "exhaust" that had been the positive externality. In this new state they become an active drain on society.