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by logn 4856 days ago
Well my opinion here really is just 2 cents, but you asked: I'd work at Google. When you get bored with social networking apps at Facebook, there's nowhere to hide. Google has attracted minds like Ray Kurzweil. They're working on world-changing problems.

That said, I could easily be proven wrong in 10 years, but by that time you'll be gone anyhow. Also, Facebook's scale has given rise to some interesting technologies such as Cassandra and various MapReduce technologies. Still, Google has more.
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eshvk 4856 days ago
Yes, Google is working on world changing problems. You are also incorrect in thinking that all Facebook is doing is work on social networking. They have so huge an engineering challenge that there are enough interesting problems.

However, the key issue in both companies is that they are both at such a huge scale that they have enough crud work that you might end up working in if you are a junior engineer. Just because some of the greatest problems are being worked on doesn't necessarily mean you will work on them.

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Peroni 4856 days ago
They're working on world-changing problems.

This is ultimately the best answer. Don't get me wrong, Facebook are a phenomenal company who genuinely do incredible things but from a long term perspective, the variety at Google is infinitely more valuable.

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