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Written by Vertigo #$FF on 2025-01-09 at 21:15

While looking for employment, I came across what looked like a rather interesting embedded firmware development position. Pay was reasonable, so I expressed interest.

I later found out that the hiring company was META.

This was my response.

Hmm, unfortunately there are two deal breakers there. First, WXYZ is about two hours from where I live; and I'm not prepared to spend 4 hours in commute every day. Unless the office is near-by to my home, it is not in my best interest to work for an on-site only position.

Second, the company is META, who is extremely well known for supporting ultra right-wing nutjobs and are openly hostile to the kinds of people that make up my friends and family. I will not work for a company who goes out of its way to amplify the voices of those who want to see my friends and family dead. (And this is not an exaggeration.)

Please accept my apologies; it would be helpful to have known that the company was META ahead of time, so that I would not have wasted your time. Thank you for reaching out, though!

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Written by Rob on 2025-01-09 at 21:17

@vertigo I sent a similar response to a Facebook recruiter (before they changed their name to Meta)

I haven’t heard from them in nearly six years now. 🤣

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Written by Vertigo #$FF on 2025-01-09 at 21:19

@robdaemon I get invitations from AWS about four times a week for the past couple of weeks, despite telling them repeatedly that I really don't want to pee in a catheter. They seem distinctly unphased.

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Written by Rob on 2025-01-09 at 21:20

@vertigo I would work for AWS before Meta, honestly.

Nothing makes AWS recruiting disappear though.

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Written by Vertigo #$FF on 2025-01-09 at 21:22

@robdaemon Honestly, right now, AWS and Microsoft are the two most likely places I'll end up working if the current trends continue. And I utterly abhore the idea of working for any of them.

Imagine sitting in the interview, having to explain to an interviewer why so much of my social media content focuses on how much I dislike Windows and its product platforms.

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Written by Rob on 2025-01-09 at 21:36

@vertigo I worked at Microsoft in 1999, on Office 2000. I get it.

and I live sandwiched between AWS headquarters and Microsoft headquarters.

I wouldn't want to work on Windows, but something in the Azure space? Why not.

I've mostly decided that every corporation has some level of evil going on - it's inherent in the system - it's the level of evil I'll tolerate that's changed.

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Written by Rob on 2025-01-09 at 21:37

@vertigo Now there are some "oh hell to the no" companies:

Tesla, Space X, Palantir, Meta, Anduril, Uber, AirBnB to name a few

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Written by Vertigo #$FF on 2025-01-09 at 21:56

@robdaemon Ironically, working on the OS itself (e.g., device drivers, core APIs, etc.) would be right up my alley. The NT kernel is actually a remarkably great piece of software. It's what MS decides to do with it that pisses me off the most (layering Win32 GDI shit on top, slapping ads on the desktop, etc.).

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Written by The Blue Wizard on 2025-01-10 at 04:39

@vertigo @robdaemon Ironically, one of few saving graces in Windows layer in your book is COM. I know you're a fan of it.

Oh well. Good luck finding the job.

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