Wouldn't this be better as "10 things I love about working at Facebook"? Why not just drop the "hilarious" satire angle and say what is awesome directly. I hope I don't sound like the death of fun... It sounds a little smug as it is now.
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#22It's tough to disagree when I don't actually have experience working there, but there are a few telltale signals that the author doesn't know what he's talking about. Though I'm also wondering if the whole thing is supposed to be tongue-in-cheek (if so, I'm barely getting it). #3 "Zuck is too involved" states that rather than planning the long-term strategy of the company, the CEO should be "pumping up the stock pric…
This article is clearly tongue-in-cheek. "Too much free food" is a dead giveaway.
> "Too much free food"
that might actually be bad - eating too much has been shown to be detrimental to the health of a programmer who hardly moves all day...
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#23Wouldn't this be better as "10 things I love about working at Facebook"? Why not just drop the "hilarious" satire angle and say what is awesome directly. I hope I don't sound like the death of fun... It sounds a little smug as it is now.
Satire is useful to detect people who have decided to agree or disagree before they've read what you've written.
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#24It would have been funnier if he took a few jabs at facebook. Good satire sometimes mixes actual insults with the satire. I don't know anything about the author, but this reads like something written by a third rate facebook recruiter.
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#25How far you make it down the list before you realize it's a troll is the quality of said troll... I give it a 4/10.
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#26I was thinking to myself the whole time, "this is awesome" until it hit me
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#28Good grief people - It's satire. The entire thing is meant to be funny. I didn't even think it was particularly subtle so I'm not sure how others are seeing it any other way.
Pretty obvious only an idiot would write up this rant on his personal blog while still employed at FB. I ignored the content immediately after realizing this. Click bait title. Lame.
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#29Wouldn't this be better as "10 things I love about working at Facebook"? Why not just drop the "hilarious" satire angle and say what is awesome directly. I hope I don't sound like the death of fun... It sounds a little smug as it is now.
I completely agree. The article didn't say much new, but it came off as very smug. If the engineers at Facebook are that smug, I'm pretty sure I don't want to work there.
That said, it's good to here Zuck is still focused on building the company and not appeasing the critics. Long term value is what matters.
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#30Reverse linkbait, let's hope that's not the new PR trend.