Panini_Jones

> Apart from Quest being a standalone device, it was just an iteration on the original Rift

In that it's a VR device, yes. But it's a standalone headset with Inside Out tracking. Many people didn't think this was possible.

> And it was another company they bought, and I'd be more inclined to give credits to the Occulus team than to Facebook.

A significant amount of FB employees developed this headset. It is Oculus is Facebook now.

Quick question: Do console developers like XBox and the Switch take ~30% cuts of every game sold for their platform? Genuinely curious.

> Epic did not design their own hardware, their own silicon, build entire global supply chains, design UX, etc. Apple and Google did. Do they not deserve a cut?

Where did the $1k I spent on my phone go?

I think Uber can also 'terminate' you if you choose to work for a competitor. IANAL, but if I work for Google, Google most certainly wouldn't let me work at Facebook as well even if I was spending 8 hours a day working for each.

Facebook came out with the Oculus Quest last year which is hugely innovative.

I am not a fan of WFH. One thing I do wonder though is, now that I've bought thousands of dollars worth of home office and gym equipment, why would I want to forfeit that? I suspect many employees who sprung for the HM chair and the standing desks won't want to leave those unused at home very easily.

> I don’t know why reddit insisted on that.

It's likely that they discovered through A/B testing that they could improve their metrics and monetization strategy this way better than the original UI. Reddit doesn't exist to satisfy us, it exists to make money.

Moreover, some classes use online services like GDocs. GDocs aren't accessible from certain countries.

How does an ISP do ad injection? Where are the ads shown that originate from the ISP?

Can you elaborate on the consequences? Genuinely curious.

What other changes would you forecast?

I wonder what the previous CFO is thinking right now. I believe he tried to take it to an IPO earlier but Chesky disagreed with him. This is rumor of course.

Doesn't Airbnb use Ruby because Twitter uses Ruby?

Hmm. That makes more sense now.

That's what their comment said.

You should call Facebook and tell them to fire the Messenger org because you have a great 5 person team that can do it for them.

How are you measuring this other than the hours-spent-at-desk metric? Quality and quantity of what output?

> 3. The EU will lose at-least one more member nation after the United Kingdom leaves.

Why?

Facebook is? What rate does Facebook pay and how much are these Cognizant employees getting paid?

> Their initial equity grant has no cliff and the signing bonus was massive for somebody two years out of school: $75,000 cash in first paycheck.

* Google got rid of the cliff too. * The $75K sign-on bonus is nothing new. These are not signals that we're having trouble hiring now.

> However I ultimately turned it down because of ethical concerns about working there combined with a sense that people would not approve of my job choice. I.e. even if I don't find what they're doing ethically questionable (and I do, although I don't think they're so bad), I didn't want to have to explain myself or defend them to everybody when I mentioned where I worked. Just my two cents as somebody who was one of the 50% of candidates who turned down the job.

Honestly, working at FB as a SWE is awesome. Like beyond awesome. If impressing other people is what you're optimizing for, you do you, but just know that you're missing out big time.

I'm actually not certain what behavior it's meant to incentivize in the 'useful' case.

.. Are you serious?

Facebook doesn't have an engineering office in Toronto.

> With this and previous revelations, we now know that those claims are completely false.

I don't see how Facebook is selling data. What do you mean?

The software is free, is it not? Red Hat's business model is subscription based.

> H1Bs are used as a cheap source of labor and nothing more.

Really? Even at companies like Google and FB?

Can you link to the U of T job with the cert requirement?

> The intention is, that when someone calls them self an engineer, you can have confidence in both their technical ability and moral obligations.

I thought the intention was that, even if someone didn't have confidence in both their technical ability and moral obligations, it didn't matter. An engineer is a person whose technical decisions are literally protected by law - if they decide to not sign off on something, they don't have to convince anyone and can't face consequences for it (ahem, Quebec bridge[1]). What you're suggesting is just a byproduct of confidence in the system.

[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_Bridge - Search for 'iron ring'

My negative comments on the reputation of the company come from 3rd hand sources (possibly even more hands). I'm glad you're finding your experience to be fruitful; I will add it as a datapoint to my understanding of the perceived reputation of the company.

Do U of T students like the software TopHat produces?

They have a reputation for being a bad employer for interns (culture/mentorship) and also producing bad software. Apparently, many of the students (not including myself) have actually used the software and not enjoyed the experience.