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Same reason people work at any of these big companies, money and prestige. You can be a terrible engineer, but if you have a few years experience at Meta it's going to make people think you must be a great one.

Prestige for working at Meta? Certainly not!

It's like you are saying you worked at Microsoft, Oracle, HP or Cisco. Who wants to hire such people?

Like it or not it's true. I only worked at meta for two years before getting laid off myself but it seems to have greatly helped getting interviews.

I am much happier not working there though, getting laid off was a relief. Things changed a lot after the first layoffs and when the stock was around $90!

If one has already sold their soul to devil, what is there left to lose..

Why does basically everyone use Meta products? Despite the outrage, perhaps there’s an underlying sense that it’s not that bad.

I think initially it was the challenge, possibilities and money. Now... maybe just the money?

Great money and smart coworkers is what I hear