> Sure, if you hit the jackpot and join Facebook, then you're set for life. Back in 2008 when Yahoo was laying off people, joining Facebook was something peopl

> Sure, if you hit the jackpot and join Facebook, then you're set for life. Back in 2008 when Yahoo was laying off people, joining Facebook was something people did out of desperation. That was an 85k/year job with an expectation of "all work, no life". It was not seen as a good option, but most of the time the only place that was hiring during the Great Recession. A decade later, it was a completely different thing. Yahoo was dead, Google+ (Orkut) had failed & FB had Instagram & Whatsapp.