Why so many good programmers like to work for Facebook?
What is the really rewarding thing for working in Facebook?
Ask HN: What is so special in working for Facebook?
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Re: Ask HN: What is so special in working for Facebook?
#2It's rewarding when your work is used by 500 million people.
Re: Ask HN: What is so special in working for Facebook?
#3It's rewarding when your work is used by 500 million people.
Yeah... but does any of that work benefit man-kind at all? More than 500 million people also use a toilet every day. So what? 500 million people and the most interesting thing on it is a "virtual farm". That's just plain ridiculous.
Re: Ask HN: What is so special in working for Facebook?
#4It's rewarding when your work is used by 500 million people.
Yeah... but does any of that work benefit man-kind at all? More than 500 million people also use a toilet every day. So what? 500 million people and the most interesting thing on it is a "virtual farm". That's just plain ridiculous.
Bad example. Without toilets our cities would be disease ridden, awful places. You're obviously trolling, but I just thought I'd point that out. :)
Re: Ask HN: What is so special in working for Facebook?
#5I'm sure any pre-IPO stock issued to their employees, while not being a really rewarding thing right now, is going to pay off big in a relatively short timeframe... see: http://techcrunch.com/2010/09/01/google-making-extraordinary...
Re: Ask HN: What is so special in working for Facebook?
#6It's rewarding when your work is used by 500 million people.
Yeah... but does any of that work benefit man-kind at all? More than 500 million people also use a toilet every day. So what? 500 million people and the most interesting thing on it is a "virtual farm". That's just plain ridiculous.
the dude who made the toilet would be like shit yeah i made the toilet.
Re: Ask HN: What is so special in working for Facebook?
#7Run a few basic, even worst case, valuation scenarios and I think you'll answer that question for yourself.
Re: Ask HN: What is so special in working for Facebook?
#8It's rewarding when your work is used by 500 million people.
Yeah... but does any of that work benefit man-kind at all? More than 500 million people also use a toilet every day. So what? 500 million people and the most interesting thing on it is a "virtual farm". That's just plain ridiculous.
Facebook lets my disabled mother stay in touch with the members of her extended family, who otherwise would only be available at get togethers that she is not always well enough to travel to. It is the most important non medical technology in her life after the Wii. (Her doctors want to give Nintendo a medal, because that is amazing for rehabilitation.)
Re: Ask HN: What is so special in working for Facebook?
#9I'm sure any pre-IPO stock issued to their employees, while not being a really rewarding thing right now, is going to pay off big in a relatively short timeframe... see: http://techcrunch.com/2010/09/01/google-making-extraordinary...
How does the stock thing work? Is it given to all engineers? It seems to be just Silicon Valley companies who give away stock/options as a matter of course, so I'm a little mystified.
Re: Ask HN: What is so special in working for Facebook?
#10It's rewarding when your work is used by 500 million people.
Yeah... but does any of that work benefit man-kind at all? More than 500 million people also use a toilet every day. So what? 500 million people and the most interesting thing on it is a "virtual farm". That's just plain ridiculous.
In the latest issue of Forbes Bill Gates said that he believes the toilet industry could be the next big boom, right now all of NA uses an old system with many design flaws.
That's all.
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