[brk]

Post some links to companies hiring at similar compensation levels. Or, are you suggesting that every Meta employee is in a position to just like off of any random job they can find, or even no income at all while they go off "on their own"?

[not_the_fda]

There is more to life than money. I've turned down FANG roles my entire career, especially Meta. There is lot of work out there.

[brk]

Of course there is more to life than money, but people still need some base amount of money to live safely, especially if you have a family. If you are working in SV then your "big" salary does not go very far, I know lots of developers making $350K and have very little savings cushion, and these are not people just blowing money.

Most big enterprises get really good at paying you just enough to live comfortably, but not enough to give you financial autonomy. This makes the "why do you still work there" question land as naive most of the time.

[spacechild1]

> This makes the "why do you still work there" question land as naive most of the time.

It's not a naive question. In fact, the question is mostly rhetorical. We know the answer is money.

> Of course there is more to life than money, but people still need some base amount of money to live safely, especially if you have a family.

Are you trying to tell me that this base amount of money equals a FB salary? Don't be ridiculous.

The very point of ethical behavior is that you stick to your principles even if it may cause you financial or otherwise disadvantage. Sure, many people prefer more money, but this doesn't make their decision ethical.

[not_the_fda]

Surprisingly, I managed to pay off a house early, retire early, and put kids through college, all without working for Meta. And I manged to build cool stuff that saves lives, instead of building an advertising engine that has made us more lonely, more isolated, and more divided.

[yodsanklai]

> There is more to life than money

That's what I told myself when I was in my 20s and early 30s. And then I realized that I had no savings and no opportunities to save, unless I switched to a more lucrative career (which I did, with zero regret).

We don't know what tomorrow will be made off, now I reached a stage where I think I should save as much as possible while I can. And I'm not a materialistic person at all.

[mathisfun123]

Lol you've turned down offers or recruiter reach outs? Two very different things lololol.

[AndrewKemendo]

I turned down a 285k/yr +MM RSU staff engr offer from Google in 2021.

I’d probably still be in that job and would have a few million in the bank (instead of $10,000) if I had taken it, but I would have sold out my principles.

So yes some of us live by principles

[mrhottakes]

Sometimes you need to realize you need to choose between having the cake and eating it.