A man, who is a former senior staff member of TikTok, has revealed his decision to resign from his $330k-a-month engineering position following the Supreme Court’s ruling to uphold the TikTok ban and its confirmation of the platform’s involvement in the accusations leveled against it.
The announcement, which quickly went viral, was shared in a post on X (formerly known as Twitter), where it attracted widespread attention and reactions.
Identified as @armankhon, the former TikTok employee took to his X page to share the major life update, writing, “I quit my $330k engineering job at TikTok. Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban.”
He also encouraged the public to ask him questions about TikTok, sparking a lively online conversation. When one user asked whether TikTok was guilty of the allegations brought against it, @armankhon confirmed that it was but also noted that other major tech companies engaged in similar practices. He replied, “Short answer yes, but nothing too different from any other big tech *cough* Meta.”
As the post gained traction, numerous concerned individuals flooded the comments section to share their thoughts and engage with the former employee on various aspects of TikTok and its operations.
See some of the reactions below:
@devahaz: “After using it just a bit, TT algo zoned in on my preferences so much better than YouTube or Twitter and others I gave far more signal. So much so I quit it because I’d waste too much time. Any take on exactly why/how you were able to do so much better than Big Tech competition?”
@aaron_kub: “I suspect the engineering bar is quite high at TikTok? Hopefully a lot of these folks can quickly find a home at other tech companies. Would not be surprised if Meta already has a plan to swoop them up.”
@ThatGuyShav: “How much is my data really worth? I’m negotiating with this little Chinese kid on RedNote and I feel like he’s lowballing me.”
@BecauseCulture: “Is the ‘secret sauce’ algorithm today any better than the competition? Or is it now just the network effects of the originally novel UI off the interest graph?”
@itroncrypto: “3 things. What was your preparation routine before you landed your role? How many weeks or months did it take? And how many companies did you interview at before landing your current role? I’m currently prepping for a FAANG role interview myself.”
@luke_metro: “How much interaction did you have with the ByteDance offices in China?”
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