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I’d feel pretty embarrassed right now to be working in VR at meta while seeing coworkers getting laid off.

• datalopers 4y ago
  • archon810 4y ago
    "I'd" He doesn't work for Meta.
    • deleted 4y ago
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  • vorpalhex 4y ago
    Please don't comment like this on HN. This is not reddit or Facebook.
• _boffin_ 4y ago
  Why? If I were working there and on that tech, I’d stay. It’s a cool project and I like working on cool projects while being able to live a comfortable life. What are you working on that’s more fascinating than VR?
  • throwaway7346 4y ago
    > Aerospace software engineer, putting bits in space.
    • _boffin_ 4y ago
      That’s pretty nifty. What do you like about it? Edit: why did you use a throwaway to reply to my comment?
      • jakeinspace 4y ago
        That wasn’t me, they were just quoting my bio. I wasn’t trying to compare my field to VR. I enjoying working on code knowing that it will (hopefully) be sitting in orbit soon, but there are more than enough negatives to turn one away (relatively low pay, ancient tooling, dated management practices and general industry inertia).
  • jakeinspace 4y ago
    VR is cool. I didn’t mean to say that Meta VR engineers deserve to feel guilty, but I imagine it would be strange to be working in a massive cost center (which may eventually spell Meta’s downfall), while seeing coworkers dismissed. Definitely don’t think my job is any more fascinating to than VR (although I personally am more interested in my work).