cierra

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by cierra 8y ago
I think you are exaggerating the amount of internal security there is at facebook. Up until a couple years ago, many of the internal tools didn't have any privacy restrictions to stop employees from looking at private user data. I look
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by cierra 8y ago
What makes you assume this happens rarely? As far as you know, this could be widespread but simply doesn't end up in the news. Even if the employee gets caught, most companies (or fired employees) wouldn't announce it publicly. T
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by cierra 8y ago
Also, I definitely can relate to today's onion video: https://www.theonion.com/facebook-employees-explain-daily-st... I think this (parody) video does a better job of capturing employee sentiment than any Business Insi
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by cierra 8y ago
I used to work at facebook and I disagree. Even prior to the recent scandals, there are plenty of employees who have decided to leave facebook due to ethical concerns (myself included). However, most keep this to themselves as Facebook fost
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by cierra 9y ago
This sort of discrimination happens at many big companies these days. Having worked at facebook, I have witnessed these policies first hand. Facebook has explicit policies against hiring (non-latino) white and asian men. Management would oc
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by cierra 10y ago
As far as my thoughts on Facebook engineering go, your experience will depend heavily on what group you join. It's very difficult to give a single description of life at facebook as it varies so much throughout the company. You'll
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by cierra 10y ago
I'm a former facebook employee (just created a new HN account so I can speak freely). While there are some good answers given, people also need to keep in mind that many of the facebook employees who post online are part of an organize