It's interesting that he's joining Facebook, not Oculus. Oculus is just a "team" now.
So what if they're "just" a team now?
It's interesting.
Hugo Barra is joining Facebook to lead virtual reality
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Re: Hugo Barra is joining Facebook to lead virtual reality
#32Earlier quoted context omitted.
Just think - the time you spent writing that snarky response could just as easily have been spent writing, for example, "He worked at Google from 2008-13 and had various prominent positions relating to Android, then he took a role as VP at Xiaomi where he played a big role in turning that outfit into a company you've heard of".
> Just think - the time you spent writing that snarky response could just as easily have been spent writing... Is it better to feed fish to a person, or teach them to catch one? I admit that I was snarky as a response to the entitlement I sensed in his reply to the LMGTFY link. When I come across a discussion on Hacker News (or elsewhere) talking about things I don't know, I take a moment to Google first. Because ask…
"Civil (and informative) comments like yours are why I come to HN."
cough
Re: Hugo Barra is joining Facebook to lead virtual reality
#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Just think - the time you spent writing that snarky response could just as easily have been spent writing... Is it better to feed fish to a person, or teach them to catch one? I admit that I was snarky as a response to the entitlement I sensed in his reply to the LMGTFY link. When I come across a discussion on Hacker News (or elsewhere) talking about things I don't know, I take a moment to Google first. Because ask…
"Civil (and informative) comments like yours are why I come to HN." cough
Touche.
Re: Hugo Barra is joining Facebook to lead virtual reality
#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
More like Beijing air pollution was affecting his health. That was my reason as well, moving from Microsoft in Beijing to YC Research in LA.
And Chinese idiosyncrasies, and Chinese food, and the emotional stress of being far from family and friends (I'm not saying the pollution is not a factor, but it's probably not the main one)
What's wrong with Chinese food?
Re: Hugo Barra is joining Facebook to lead virtual reality
#35Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm on this site a lot and don't know who this is. It would help if someone actually provided context in a comment so readers can understand why this made it to the front page. Your response to Google it is juvenile and doesn't add to the discussion.
I'm on this site a lot, I know who it is and I understand why it made to the front page. It would help everyone (you included) if you try Google first whenever someone (or something) you don't know is mentioned in a discussion. Even if you search for previous mentions of Hugo Barra on Hacker News, you'd learn that stories mentioning his leaving Xiaomi have made the frontpage in the last few days [1]. As a person who…
A LMGTFY link is juvenile, full stop. It's not appropriate in any response. Condescension (which is what links to that site are) does not make a substantive comment.
If you Google his name, you get an article that he was a VP at Google. Put bluntly, who cares if a VP at Google and VP at Xiami moved to Facebook? Explain why this is relevant and not the equivalent of the magazines in grocery stores discussion who the latest celebrities are sleeping with.
Re: Hugo Barra is joining Facebook to lead virtual reality
#36It's interesting that he's joining Facebook, not Oculus. Oculus is just a "team" now.
So what if they're "just" a team now?
Being "just" a team changes internal politics a lot. You can have engineers re-assigned to other projects easily, you have to fight over internal resources, etc. Maybe it's not a problem at Facebook, but in many companies becoming just another team is the death knell for acquisitions.
Re: Hugo Barra is joining Facebook to lead virtual reality
#37It's interesting that he's joining Facebook, not Oculus. Oculus is just a "team" now.
They have been quietly deprioritizing the Oculus brand for a while now. They did a whole series of pop up stores before Christmas at various airports, trying to demo Gear VR. No mention of Oculus or Samsumg, 100% Facebook branding.
Re: Hugo Barra is joining Facebook to lead virtual reality
#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
And Chinese idiosyncrasies, and Chinese food, and the emotional stress of being far from family and friends (I'm not saying the pollution is not a factor, but it's probably not the main one)
What's wrong with Chinese food?
It's not the food he grew up with? Most immigrants want the food they are used to from home when it comes to day-to-day eating/dining.
Re: Hugo Barra is joining Facebook to lead virtual reality
#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
More like Beijing air pollution was affecting his health. That was my reason as well, moving from Microsoft in Beijing to YC Research in LA.
And Chinese idiosyncrasies, and Chinese food, and the emotional stress of being far from family and friends (I'm not saying the pollution is not a factor, but it's probably not the main one)
Not sure why you were downvoted so much. China can be very hard to integrate with moving from the US. I had several coworkers there for year-long projects and a couple of them were miserable the entire time because the culture was too different for them (smog didn't bother them because they were indoors with good air filtration).
Re: Hugo Barra is joining Facebook to lead virtual reality
#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
And Chinese idiosyncrasies, and Chinese food, and the emotional stress of being far from family and friends (I'm not saying the pollution is not a factor, but it's probably not the main one)
What's wrong with Chinese food?
It's different and people might not get accustomed to it
Not necessarily bad, but different.