[Info-vax] Digital had it al(most)

[Paul Sture]

On Thu, 09 Aug 2012 18:19:27 -0400, JF Mezei wrote:

> John Smith (who cares if I'm the one @ HP - if here's even still there)
> wrote:
>> http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/08/google-as-xerox-parc/all/
> 
> 
> Good to know that some Digital DNA ended up at Google and wasn't lost.
> 
> I was recently at a conference with a very interesting speaker on new vs
> old economy and new vs old companies.
> 
> Much of it was focused on how the young and highly succesfull copanies
> such as Google are very different in how their are runned/managed
> because they are lead with people who no only understand the internet,
> but also dig how it runs and grew up with it.
> 
> So it is interesting to see that despite this, Google still hired
> "mature" R&D folks.

I came across a job advert a few years ago for Google Zurich and was 
surprised to see they specifically mentioned that applicants up to the 
age of 60 were welcome.  I sort of assumed that would be for bean 
counters and the like but maybe not.

-- 
Paul Sture