There's A Hidden Message On The Sign Outside Facebook's Campus - It Reminds Employees To Stay Motivated
AllFacebook
Sun Microsystems was acquired by Oracle in 2009.
When Facebook moved into the office, Mark Zuckerberg didn't replace Sun Microsystem's sign. Instead, he flipped it over and put Facebook's name on the front.
Why?
The Sun logo reminds employees to stay motivated. It demonstrates what can happen when you're on top but fail to innovate.
Lev Grossman interviewed Mark Zuckerberg for Time. Grossman writes about the sign's symbolism here:
Because of the limits of space and time, a lot of Silicon Valley companies don't build new headquarters; they just take over the discarded offices of older firms, like hermit crabs. Facebook's headquarters used to belong to Sun Microsystems, a onetime power-house of innovation that collapsed and was acquired by Oracle in 2009. When Facebook moved in, Zuckerberg made over the whole place, but he didn't change the sign out front, he just turned it around and put Facebook on the other side. The old sign remains as a reminder of what happens when you take your eye off the ball.
Here's the back of the sign:
- 2 states where home prices are falling because there are too many houses and not enough buyers
- US buys 81 Soviet-era combat aircraft from Russia's ally costing on average less than $20,000 each, report says
- A couple accidentally shipped their cat in an Amazon return package. It arrived safely 6 days later, hundreds of miles away.
- 9 health benefits of drinking sugarcane juice in summer
- 10 benefits of incorporating almond oil into your daily diet
- From heart health to detoxification: 10 reasons to eat beetroot
- Why did a NASA spacecraft suddenly start talking gibberish after more than 45 years of operation? What fixed it?
- ICICI Bank shares climb nearly 5% after Q4 earnings; mcap soars by ₹36,555.4 crore