| ▲ | drewg123 3 hours ago |
| This person is supposedly an executive. I doubt most executive could pass an FAANG technical interview. |
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| ▲ | eyepea2007 an hour ago | parent | next [-] |
| In a related article linked at the bottom of the article's page, it says Meta confirmed it was a former data engineer: https://torrentfreak.com/meta-confirms-data-engineer-is-behi... |
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| ▲ | ryandrake 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I doubt executives even go through the typical employee interview hazing. It's more vibes and "do you know the right people or go to the right prestigious school?" |
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| ▲ | ChrisMarshallNY an hour ago | parent | next [-] | | You may remember this story, from a month or two ago: https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/07/on-the-run-for-20-yea... | |
| ▲ | vorpalhex 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Executive (and upper management) hiring is much more about owning and using risk, getting the management unit (your part of the org) all aligned and singing the same tune, and for executives showing that you've done this successfully across distinct business units (eg sales and engineering). There's then a much more serious alignment pass. Relationships can and do pre-vouch for big pieces of this such as alignment - if you've worked with someone for a decade, you are probably mission aligned. |
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| ▲ | jjtheblunt 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| is "executive" a well defined term for american corporate law? like "a person who can allocate funds from the master bank account without approval" or something like that? |
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| ▲ | red-iron-pine an hour ago | parent | next [-] | | generally unilateral decision making (up to a point) + supervisory functions of an entire group / department / vertical e.g. they own all of Finance (or Ops, or Legal, or whatever), and have the ability to hire, fire, and use their own budget, albeit it with strings. | |
| ▲ | phonon 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | "Officer" is typically anyone who can bind the company contractually. | |
| ▲ | SmasherEpilepti 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Not really, It's just another term for upper management. It's just shorthand for any employee whose title begins with "Chief" or has "Executive" in it (among others like Chairman, President, etc). Usually, people who can make large decisions for the business without approval from higher-level employees. |
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