It’s all a spectrum. Meta is up there with those micro loan companies on the evil side of the spectrum when it comes to tech companies.

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What an obnoxious comparison. Any engineer good enough to get into Meta has had their pick of tech jobs for the past decade. They could easily live comfortably, but less well paid, working for a myriad of less exploitative tech companies. Your average coal plant worker had no such options.

I have been flamed for saying this in public, and I do not know how it will be received by an HN crowd, but someone who enjoys being a meta employee is a red flag.

Either they are actively a narcissist, actively immoral, not intelligent enough to understand the vibe there, or they're actually unhappy and not being honest enough to tell you they hate it there. I have a hard time envisioning any other possibility. The place actively filters out morally coherent and intelligent people.

Yes I was there.

Yeah, I just made the heating elements for the ovens, not the doors!

> Ya god forbid people want to have careers at leading tech companies so they can have a more abundant life built by their skillsets and discipline

This seems like a fancily dressed up "fuck you, got mine"

"When we looked inside he saw that what was said of them was true of him as well. So it was either rage or weep; and so he raged."

You can have a fulfilling and rewarding career in tech without working for a monster.

The mental gymnastics people do to justify their decisions are hilarious. Just admit you have no morals and love money.