I have an honest question, hope it is not deemed troll bait.
I lurk and read quite a bit here on HN. I think I've come to feel pretty versed in the common anti-social-media gripes and stances, and that Facebook is one of the leading villains there.
But I also read that there are some really smart and empowered/supported people at Facebook and they make some pretty desirable stuff (things like React, etc).
On the one hand I picture a classic clueless business people driven culture driving poor demotivated engineers and so stuff like the latest hack happen.
But then, I see this other picture where teams of quite functional teams are doing good engineering.
I'm not used to these things coexisting well, especially for extended periods. Am I being too naive about that? Or perhaps my simplistic impressions listed above are too naive?
What's the real story? And Facebook insiders here who can add insight?
(Edit and disclaimer: I am neither Facebook user or a React programmer)
I lurk and read quite a bit here on HN. I think I've come to feel pretty versed in the common anti-social-media gripes and stances, and that Facebook is one of the leading villains there.
But I also read that there are some really smart and empowered/supported people at Facebook and they make some pretty desirable stuff (things like React, etc).
On the one hand I picture a classic clueless business people driven culture driving poor demotivated engineers and so stuff like the latest hack happen.
But then, I see this other picture where teams of quite functional teams are doing good engineering.
I'm not used to these things coexisting well, especially for extended periods. Am I being too naive about that? Or perhaps my simplistic impressions listed above are too naive?
What's the real story? And Facebook insiders here who can add insight?
(Edit and disclaimer: I am neither Facebook user or a React programmer)