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Ask HN: Would you rather work at Google or Facebook right now?

3 points by thurn ↗ HN
I'm a college senior that happens to have full-time offers from both of these companies. There's been an awful lot of news recently about this subject, so I was wondering if I could get some insight about which one to accept. Obviously, this will be one of the most important (and difficult) decisions of my life!

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kingsidharth
Google, they are further ahead of facebook when it comes to being a company / organization. I can learn a lot from them and then proceed to work on my own startup.

Facebook is a good choice too but learning, there, will be different.

jacquesm
> I can learn a lot from them and then proceed to work on my own startup.

Could you elaborate on how working for Google and what you learn there is going to help you working on your startup ?

kingsidharth
First thing first "Mindset" How the "big daddy" works Networking Name: Ex-Googler
richardw
More people are leaving Google to join Facebook than the other way around. That could mean two things:

1) Facebook is cooler, go there now. Or:

2) If you join Google and you find it's not for you, just catch the Google-to-Facebook bus.

Personally...I'd rather work for Google.

_b8r0
Neither. I have my own things I want to do, I don't really want to do them full-time for Google or Facebook.
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antester
Are you asking me for advice or what you want?

If you are asking which I'd pick, I'd pick google. However, I'd specifically want to work on/with google earth. I think google earth is awesome and would like to know more about it, the technology behind it, the geosciences that make it possible, etc...

If you are trying to figure out which offer you should take, you should ask yourself what you would rather be doing. Would you rather be working in the world of searching? Or social media? It might be worth asking both of the companies for more information on what roles and responsibilities you would be expecting, and what department they might stick you in.

I wouldn't stress it as the most important decision of your life -- after all, if you work at google and decide you don't like it, you wouldn't be the only person to apply at facebook! ;)