Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 14:14:20 -0800 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Server Admin <dump@sherline.com> Cc: darklogik@pittgoth.com, Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG, Charles Burns <burnscharlesn@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: Advocacy help for CS professor Message-ID: <3C9BACBC.3C246723@mindspring.com> References: <20020322013138.A87120@xor.obsecurity.org> <20020322111245.GA26042@hades.hell.gr> <3C9B571F.1090101@pittgoth.com> <001101c1d1c7$67cf4ae0$a700a8c0@cptnhosedonkey> <3C9B7840.6000409@pittgoth.com> <00cb01c1d1d2$e4cbe6b0$03e2cbd8@server>
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Server Admin wrote: > > If the professor in question > > is a programmer, and if he is really good, ask him if Microsoft has ever > > offered him a job. > > As to this, and your statement about why Dr. McKusick doesn't work for > Microsoft (besides the fact that he seems happy doing what he's doing), I > don't think Microsoft is looking for as many Ph.Ds, as they are looking for > B.S. and M.S. to do the grunt work of turning out the code. So asking why a > professor hasn't been offered a job at Microsoft doesn't really apply to > much. So tell him your goal is to be a professor, like him, instead of a code grunt for Microsoft. ;^). -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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