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John Carmack's arguments against building a custom XR OS at Meta

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520 points OlympicMarmoto | 2 comments | 29 Aug 25 16:45 UTC | HN request time: 0.464s | source
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BiteCode_dev ◴[29 Aug 25 17:34 UTC] No.45067060[source]▶
> they also got me reported to HR by the manager of the XROS effort for supposedly making his team members feel bad

This is madness. The safe space culture has really gone too far.

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Inityx ◴[29 Aug 25 17:47 UTC] No.45067225[source]▶
I'll offer a different interpretation:

If a professional can't give critical feedback in a professional setting without being rude or belittling others, then they need to improve their communication skills.

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1. fatbird ◴[29 Aug 25 18:20 UTC] No.45067637[source]▶
This.

Being "reported to HR" doesn't mean "almost got fired". It likely meant a meeting where someone explained "hey, the way you communicated that caused some upset, let's discuss better ways to handle that situation next time." Very often in larger companies, complaints about things like "this bigwig from this other group jumped all over us" are automatically sent through HR because HR has staff whose job just is resolving conflicts between people and keeping things peaceful.

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2. simoncion ◴[30 Aug 25 02:30 UTC] No.45071430[source]▶
FWIW, it can also mean a meeting where HR says to the complainer: "Are you good, dude? Why are you complaining about this? This is perfectly normal workplace behavior. Stop wasting our time."