Pros: I've been at Facebook for 6 months. I've never been one for loyalty to my job or my company, but at least in Social VR, my team are some of the most genuinely supportive and caring people I've ever met in my life. I really feel like they accept me and will be there for me both when I need things at work and when I'm having personal difficulties. I'm given full autonomy to pursue the things that I think are most important. My team is incredibly diverse, including transgender, black, Asian, Pacific Islander, Latino, and an unusually high percentage of women. This shows both an extraordinary commitment to diversity and gives me faith that the product will be built to serve diverse customers. The backgrounds of the people on my team are shockingly elite, with many projects on their resumes that are immediately familiar to and admired by me. I'm also proud that Facebook has so many people at the very top who are strongly committed to VR - like Zuckerberg's ambitious announcement at OC4 that his goal is to have a billion people in VR.

Cons: Facebook is hugely committed to transparency and authentic identity. So if you value separating your personal life and work life, don't want to share your personal feelings with coworkers or hear about theirs (or offer emotional support), or don't like to share with other people in the broader company what you're working on, it may be a bad fit for you. Likewise, if you prefer to be directed by leadership rather than establishing your own direction autonomously, Facebook might be a bad fit for you. Finally, Facebook's primary Menlo Park campus is located in the middle of nowhere with very little else around. You eat and get all your services on campus, with the nearest downtown a 15-minute drive away. If you prefer to be in an urban center, you should either consider a different location or a different company.

Pros: A very good environment. All teammates are energetic and hardworking.

Cons: Some teams still work on weekends.

Pros: You will be exposed to a lot of new internal technologies and tools designed specifically for the work and development of Meta products. You will also face a lot of new technical challenges and will be required to think in ways to provide services and products to 2+ Billion users. Obviously, there is a lot of opportunity to grow and make an impact, especially at such a scale.

Cons: Sometimes the product or service you are working on is not the most interesting. A lot of the time, if you are working on very legacy products or features, you will be required to work on top of very old code or refactor things that sometimes takes a while to figure out, especially because there are many very FB or Instagram-specific use cases. There is a lot of bureaucracy within the company, and you feel like you have to show off the work you are doing or what kind of impact you are having by making posts regularly. This is one of the few ways to get noticed. There is a huge focus on the type of impact you are doing, even if sometimes you cannot see this in a very concrete way.