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Do engineers and designers suffer the same fate? I interviewed with them a long time ago and basically couldn't pass the interview. Had lots of ideas on what I
by yawnxyz 4y ago
Do engineers and designers suffer the same fate?
I interviewed with them a long time ago and basically couldn't pass the interview. Had lots of ideas on what I wanted to work on, and things I think would have made the platform better. Didn't matter.
Why do they put up hugely difficult entrance exams, employ the "best" and then... not put them to work? What's the point of burning so much time and capital?
- FridgeSeal 4y ago> What's the point of burning so much time and capital? Difficult to prove, but arguably, denying resources and skills to the competition (or any other company in general).
- Mizoguchi 4y agoPerhaps because one A-player working for Meta is one A-player less working for Google or TikTok.
- malermeister 4y agoWhen I worked for Facebook, this was more or less accepted as common knowledge amongst the employees. It's a pretty sweet deal if you get your fulfillment from other (worse-paid) pursuits. I wfh'd a lot and dramatically improved my cooking skills!
- rodgerd 4y agoIf they hired you, you'd be competing with existing staff who are already doing the practical day-to-day work that they need done. These kind of hires that the interviewee represents are about keeping people away from competitors. These companies - Facebook aren't the only one - are so rich that they can afford to hire people simply to reduce the chance that competitors will emerge; rather than waiting until you have to pay big money for Instagram or Whatsapp, you identify the kind of people who have the skills to build competitors, hire them, and lock them in a basement somewhere.