That app is known for casual unchecked trolling. It's the 4Chan of tech despite employer email verification. Mashable is trying to make it more than what it is for easy clicks. I read the exact thread where the employee posted that comment.<p>The follow up comment posted by the same employee was this:<p>"Yup! That's the sign on a loser. Look at my paycheck at FB! That all I have and I am proud of it. Fuck ethics and morality.<p>We FBers love to brag about our paycheck size!"<p>You decide for yourself if that sounds like someone who's being serious. Also keep in mind that employee headcount at FB is well over 35,000 globally. People will be people. Sense of humor varies wildly in a population that large. Again, it's pretty shitty low-class trolling, but trolling nonetheless in my opinion.
<i>"Morale is super high," reads the post from a self-described engineer. "We are paid a ton. Looking forward to my yearly bonus of $100k. Fuck ethics. Money is everything."</i><p>Sounds like Mark has done an excellent job of cloning his younger self.
FWIW I became $500k richer this year and my happiness has not changed a bit. Same highish functioning depression.<p>But purely see money as something that gives you options to do more things, not as something that allows me to buy a yacht, car, or McMansion. But I suffer from the paradox of choice and get anxious over feeling like I'm not making the right choices.
Good time to post one of Paul Graham's essays: <a href="http://www.paulgraham.com/mean.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.paulgraham.com/mean.html</a><p>Most startups have the problem of accelerating into the ground. Facebook has the problem of accelerating into the ceiling. What do you do when you capture the social networking market, and investors still expect the same growth rates as before?<p>Maybe founders should worry about the "What if I win?" question in addition to the oft-thought "What if I lose?" question. Taking over the world shouldn't be the only exit condition; plenty of companies should aim to be happy at some level below that.
The anti-ethics roadshow hit a speed bump by the looks of it. FB’s developer certificates for iOS just got revoked by Apple for violating their developer agreement.