Dan Abramov on Working at Bluesky, React, and the Social Internet

Dan Abramov chats with us about getting hired at Meta, making the move to Bluesky, centralized vs decentralized, product work vs framework work, Bluesky's development and future, and how mean Dax is on the internet.

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• dan abramov
• dan (@danabra.mov) — Bluesky
• dan 2 (@dan_abramov2) / X
• overreacted — A blog by Dan Abramov
• gaearon (dan)
• Expo
• Aaron Francis

Topics:

• (00:00) - So called "entertainers"
• (00:45) - Hi Dan
• (02:11) - Hiring on a global scale
• (05:02) - What's the process like for getting hired by Meta?
• (09:09) - How has it been at Bluesky?
• (19:06) - How do you feel about centralized vs decentralized?
• (23:46) - How do you enjoy product work vs framework work?
• (27:53) - What's the next milestone for Bluesky?
• (34:19) - Using Expo
• (43:11) - How does Facebook think about React?
• (50:19) - Is the internet too mean?