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What does it feel like to be fired from Facebook?

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Re: What does it feel like to be fired from Facebook?

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Post by wdmeldon »

uniformlyrandom wrote: post #69
NotSammyHagar wrote: post #47

Hopefully this reminds people, especially if you are working in your first job at some all encompassing place like amazon, google, facebook, whatever, that they don't love you. Maybe they give you food, a phone, a ride to work, but you have to have your own life outside work. Keep your resume up to date. Even awesome google is not a place that everyone stays at forever.

That actually applies for any job at any company. Identifying yourself through your job is dangerous and unhealthy, although good for your career short-term.

The difference is that most other jobs don't pretend to love you. They're fairly upfront about that fact.

Re: What does it feel like to be fired from Facebook?

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Post by jonesb6 »

finnyspade wrote: post #33

So having interned at Facebook, I find this post confusing. They made it very clear to us during HR onboarding that the only zero tolerance policy was on unauthorized access to user data. The harassment stuff isn't a zero tolerance thing. They even told us to go ahead and ask out other employees if you're interested, but just don't press if you get a no. It's pretty clear he accessed data he shouldn't have, and for t…

What about using someone else's credentials, like the VP's whose project he was working on? While we can be instantly vindictive if we found out he was accessing private user data, you have to remember this was described as "jay walking" and it's hard to believe such a large company could only have ONE zero-tolerance policy...

Re: What does it feel like to be fired from Facebook?

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Post by metaphorm »

kelukelugames wrote: post #81
metaphorm wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

are you meaning to imply that the author of the Quora post did not understand the reasons behind his/her own termination? I hope you realize that the Quora post linked here is NOT the second hand account of a journalist, but was instead a primary source from an involved party. I don't think the Geller-Mann effect applies to this kind of situation and I find it more than a little strange that you're suggesting it woul…

I mean don't blindly believe everything you read on the internet, especially if it triggers your emotions or is about a popular company. HNers are susceptible to sensationalism too.

what you're doing now is basically a variation on concern trolling. what you just said to me is something like

"I am CONCERNED that you are reacting emotionally due to your biases"

and then you go and cite some article about a psychological research effect to try and make your point, by quoting something from a fiction writer speaking about an entirely different scenario that seems to be at-best tangentially related (and that is a very generous interpretation) to this issue.

what is your actual point? I would suggest you check your own emotions and biases. maybe you are unduly supportive of FB even in situations where they ought to be scrutinized and deserve to be criticized.

edit: now that I've looked into it more, what is even IS the Gell-Man amnesia effect? I can't find any credible sources on this besides the essay Michael Crichton wrote, where he appears to have simply invented this for his own rhetorical purposes.

Re: What does it feel like to be fired from Facebook?

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Post by [deleted] »

kelukelugames wrote: post #68
lutefisk wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Housing data is public after you close on your house. What's there to be annoyed about?

I worked at and bought my house through Redfin. He didn't know where I lived until he looked it up. In their defense, privacy policy is probably better now.

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Re: What does it feel like to be fired from Facebook?

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Post by exodust »

"I did a bad thing, a very very bad thing"

"Everyone does it routinely".

So... everyone who works at Facebook routinely does this bad thing they would be fired for if caught?

Scandalous! We simply must know what this bad thing is.

On the other hand, the post was self-indulgent, boring, empty crap. I'm putting my money on the author's lack of anything interesting to say, getting in the way of anything interesting to say.

Re: What does it feel like to be fired from Facebook?

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Post by toomuchtodo »

kelukelugames wrote: post #72
uniformlyrandom wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Home sales is open data in US. You can look it up at Zillow. All you need is an address.

I certainly didn't tell him my address. Right now I can't tell if people are excited to tell me there are way to uncover my home address or they think those methods are socially appropriate and not an invasion of my privacy.

> or they think those methods are socially appropriate and not an invasion of my privacy.

Why would looking up a public record be an invasion of your privacy? If you want to hide it, buy your primary residence through an LLC incorporated in a state that doesn't disclose its members.

Re: What does it feel like to be fired from Facebook?

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Post by delazeur »

finnyspade wrote: post #33

So having interned at Facebook, I find this post confusing. They made it very clear to us during HR onboarding that the only zero tolerance policy was on unauthorized access to user data. The harassment stuff isn't a zero tolerance thing. They even told us to go ahead and ask out other employees if you're interested, but just don't press if you get a no. It's pretty clear he accessed data he shouldn't have, and for t…

The person kept saying that what they did was "just like jaywalking," but as soon as they were called in by HR they knew they were in serious trouble. That doesn't add up.

Re: What does it feel like to be fired from Facebook?

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Post by trhway »

forgottenpass wrote: post #75
propellerhat wrote: post #62

My opinion: This person used someone else's electronic credentials to perform a task without asking for permission. This person did not have the proper level of access on their own account to perform this action, so they used someone else's (likely the "VP" who they were working with on that project). This would/should get you fired at many places.

This person used someone else's electronic credentials to perform a task without asking for permission. [...] This would/should get you fired at many places. You mean that thing that happens all the time at every office? I have a post-it note on which my boss wrote his password for me, specifically because he was sick of my asking whenever I needed to be granted access to new things. I can't think of a single job I'v…

>I have a post-it note on which my boss wrote his password for me,

thus it means explicit (and in writing! - good for you :) approval by the boss, and the boss bears primary responsibility here. In case of the original article it is pretty clear that the author didn't bother to get at least even informal approval from the higher-ups (even just mentioning that he is going to perform the task in that specific way in a conversation with that VP would go a long way) - that is a basic skill(or even i'd say "instinct") of covering your own lower behind one has to apply while working at a BigCo, be it Facebook or IBM.

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