jmastrangelo

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by jmastrangelo 7y ago
I think the change will have two effects. The first is the cynical one, where tons of unqualified people come into the field just for the money, write poor software, and probably don't actually enjoy their lives that much because they&
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by jmastrangelo 7y ago
I agree with your second point but not with your first. To the consumer, Instagram remains nearly completely decoupled from facebook except for friend recommendations and SSO. Instagram has a fundamentally different photo "culture&quot
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by jmastrangelo 7y ago
I think the idea of your "company 1" is actually super interesting, essentially social Graph as a Service(GAAS?). But , I don't think that addresses any of the issues people actually have with facebook. What does facebook run
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by jmastrangelo 7y ago
> An alternative view is that Silicon Valley and other tech centers are increasing dominated by the latter type of person. Definitely possible and likely true to some extent. Smart people who don't have a particular passion and may
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by jmastrangelo 7y ago
From my (likely poor) estimation, an internally promoted director likely has ~10 - 15 years of experience, and externally hired directors can range from that little to much much more. These are usually very talented people who could be C-su
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by jmastrangelo 7y ago
While we're discussing Facebook and anticompetitive practices, I'd like to bring the effects of FANG/Unicorns and their current compensation. I think we are seeing a drop in people leaving established tech to startups, but I
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by jmastrangelo 7y ago
I agree with your premise that breaking up FB, WA and IG doesn't really do anything (I made a much longer comment about this in a reply above). But what would breaking up facebook even mean then? Fundamentally there's no equivalen
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by jmastrangelo 7y ago
>WhatsApp and IG _were_ alternatives Are they though? They're nearly completely separate products with different activities and goals. If WhatsApp and Instagram were never acquired, I don't see them actually being very differen