@GergelyOrosz: Curious thing about Meta: it’s the only major company that has made it clear to engineers that they are now a “cost cen…
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Gergely Orosz comments that Meta uniquely treats engineers as a cost center, contributing to developer departures, while Ryan Nystrom encourages them to leave and join companies like Notion.
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Curious thing about Meta: it’s the only major company that has made it clear to engineers that they are now a “cost center” or a “commodity” not a “profit center” as before.
Everywhere else engineers treated as profit centers. Also a reason so many devs at Meta are leaving…
Ryan Nystrom (@ryannystrom): Meta friends: the industry is exhilarating right now. Get out. Go build something. The handcuffs are an illusion.
I’m having the time of my life at @NotionHQ. Come, and have fun again.
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