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this post was submitted on 15 Aug 2023
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Because a bigger company did it.
You'd think there'd be abetter reason but the corporate world is surprisingly uncreative. Signed: Someone who saw trillions being burned by IBM's Wattson despite a sea of red flags.
Last year a company I wowed at the first interview didn't follow up. When I asked why, they said that since Facebook was slowing hiring, they were too.
They're not even related businesses other than both broadly being tech companies.
Almost sounds like they're going out of their way to directly compete with Facebook for talent.