I'm curious if the repeated negative press Facebook has received has impacted their hiring. Boots on ground perspectives appreciated, but I can share a data point of one: I'm a very average developer, and I get at least quarterly reach outs from Facebook-- a higher frequency than I've ever heard from any FANG (or any company in general). I used to get ads on the platform for FB Engineering jobs. After I deleted the app, I started getting ads in my LinkedIn feed for FB engineering. They might have a hefty recruiting budget, or there could be challenges. On the other hand, all the negative press might attract some candidates that disagree with the media.
The Facts on News Reports About Facebook Data
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#32Why is the headline blaming the news reporting? That is idiotic and evil.
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#33I'm curious if the repeated negative press Facebook has received has impacted their hiring. Boots on ground perspectives appreciated, but I can share a data point of one: I'm a very average developer, and I get at least quarterly reach outs from Facebook-- a higher frequency than I've ever heard from any FANG (or any company in general). I used to get ads on the platform for FB Engineering jobs. After I deleted the a…
I have also noticed that more than half of my recruiter emails seem to come from Facebook, i.e. that they amount for more than every other company put together.
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#34I'm curious if the repeated negative press Facebook has received has impacted their hiring. Boots on ground perspectives appreciated, but I can share a data point of one: I'm a very average developer, and I get at least quarterly reach outs from Facebook-- a higher frequency than I've ever heard from any FANG (or any company in general). I used to get ads on the platform for FB Engineering jobs. After I deleted the a…
They contact me constantly as well. I have zero interest in working for them.
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#35I'm curious if the repeated negative press Facebook has received has impacted their hiring. Boots on ground perspectives appreciated, but I can share a data point of one: I'm a very average developer, and I get at least quarterly reach outs from Facebook-- a higher frequency than I've ever heard from any FANG (or any company in general). I used to get ads on the platform for FB Engineering jobs. After I deleted the a…
n=1, but a friend had offers from Google and Facebook, and went to Google largely because it wasn't Facebook.
In my highly educated circles, McKinsey is held in higher esteem than Facebook. Thinking about that now, a few years of selecting for people who "disagree with the media" and are content with burning down society for a quick buck would really explain a lot.
If you work at Facebook and you feel compelled to tell me why your personal Faustian bargain was actually not such a bad thing, read Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me).
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/522525.Mistakes_Were_Mad...
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#36I'm curious if the repeated negative press Facebook has received has impacted their hiring. Boots on ground perspectives appreciated, but I can share a data point of one: I'm a very average developer, and I get at least quarterly reach outs from Facebook-- a higher frequency than I've ever heard from any FANG (or any company in general). I used to get ads on the platform for FB Engineering jobs. After I deleted the a…
I would bet a not-insubstantial amount of money that Facebook remains able to hire people more than qualified to execute the work of Facebook.
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#37> The information did not include financial information, health information or passwords.
Cool, should we assume everything else Facebook has was included?
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#38I'm curious if the repeated negative press Facebook has received has impacted their hiring. Boots on ground perspectives appreciated, but I can share a data point of one: I'm a very average developer, and I get at least quarterly reach outs from Facebook-- a higher frequency than I've ever heard from any FANG (or any company in general). I used to get ads on the platform for FB Engineering jobs. After I deleted the a…
n=1, but a friend had offers from Google and Facebook, and went to Google largely because it wasn't Facebook . In my highly educated circles, McKinsey is held in higher esteem than Facebook. Thinking about that now, a few years of selecting for people who "disagree with the media" and are content with burning down society for a quick buck would really explain a lot. If you work at Facebook and you feel compelled to t…
Great book
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#39"Scraping data using features meant to help people violates our terms. We have teams across the company working to detect and stop these behaviors."
Hmm, that's interesting. I read about a court case recently that seemed to say scraping was okay and also that companies shouldn't work to prohibit scraping.
https://parsers.me/us-court-fully-legalized-website-scraping...
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#40> The information did not include financial information, health information or passwords. Cool, should we assume everything else Facebook has was included?
And what sort of health and financial information does Facebook have?