| >>similar level of prestige Assuming this isn't sarcasm, this is how the word prestige is defined - "denoting something that arouses widespread respect or admiration". Facebook lied to ad buyers (customers) about video views https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/17/17989712/facebook-inaccu... Facebook lied to users about their spying app https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2019/03/02/facebook-... Facebook lied to regulators about its ability to combine user data https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/7/18215143/facebook-whatsapp... Facebook lied to journalists about the CA issue https://www.vice.com/en_in/article/qv777x/facebook-lied-to-j... They don't mind doing mood manipulation experiments https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/06/every... They have absolutely no qualms stooping low enough to steal money from kids https://www.consumerreports.org/privacy/facebook-friendly-fr... Based on the definition above, there is only one prestigious job left at Facebook. Whistle-blower. |
"Prestige" in terms of the scale of technical challenges that very few other companies can match at the moment. For many career-focused individuals that is the only thing that matters.