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> There’s a full-on war for developer talent that the company has already been struggling with– along with every single startup and sexier large companies like
by g1x 15y ago
> There’s a full-on war for developer talent that the company has already been struggling with– along with every single startup and sexier large companies like Facebook, Twitter and Zynga.
What makes Zynga, Twitter and Facebook "sexier"?
> Then again, a lot of what we’re hearing is from X-Googlers. Google has been competing for employees for a while by simply shelling out more cash. Perhaps newer hires are just there for the paycheck, more than the much-vaunted mission.
What percentage of Zynga hires are there for the paycheck as opposed to the "mission"?
- fennecfoxen 15y agoI had the opportunity to interact with a couple of Zynga guys on the train once shortly after the "we're clawing back your RSUs or you're fired" fiasco. The good news, for Zynga, is that it didn't seem to hurt morale for those guys. The bad news is that they didn't care and had an "as long as it's not me" holding-out-for-the-big-bucks mercenary attitude. But then, maybe Zynga's just a morally bankrupt go-for-the-bucks mercenary company so perhaps they're a perfect fit.
- angrycoder 15y agoI think the author intended that as sexier than other large companies, meaning it is sexier to work at Facebook than microsoft, SAP, Oracle, or whatever.