I resigned from Meta, and my internal post got leaked to the press, resulting in some fragmented quotes. Here is the full thing: facebook.com/permalink.php?
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As anyone who listens to my unscripted Connect talks knows, I have always been pretty frustrated with how things get done at FB/Meta. Everything necessary for spectacular success is right there, but it doesn't get put together effectively.
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I thought that the "derivative of delivered value" was positive in 2021, but that it turned negative in 2022. There are good reasons to believe that it just edged back into positive territory again, but there is a notable gap between Mark Zuckerberg and I on various strategic \
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issues, so I knew it would be extra frustrating to keep pushing my viewpoint internally. I am all in on building AGI at Keen Technologies now.
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It was never going to fly anyway. Not even Zuckerberg has enough money to convince the masses they want VR.
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they sold millions of units lol… it’s the most popular vr headset 🤭
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do you think managing by OKRs has anything to do with it? i have heard similar complaints from leaders who should be empowered to fix the problems in their organization but feel powerless. i suspect OKRs / management-by-objectives has something to do with it.
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I have OKRs drown entire product and engineering department - a group of 1000 people - in my corporate experience
It was frustrating beyond belief as it all felt like a giant hypocrisy which most people know but still participated only to persevere the delusion of few Leanders
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This a true in most of big tech because most of the organization’s talent gets forced into operation feedback loops leading to months of stagnation. Most of this is caused by overpaid middle management who aren’t in touch with the speed of innovation in the industry.
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Thanks for sharing. It hopefully will be a message that does some good in tech.
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In all honesty, I believe it is safe to say that not even 1% of large companies (if not ALL companies) accommodate people that (in words I've personally heard before) "care too much about the product for their own good"...
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