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It's interesting to hear this from Andy Grove. Intel of the 1990s was constantly being called out as an abusive workplace, exploiting H1B and "home grown" engin
by starkfist 16y ago
It's interesting to hear this from Andy Grove. Intel of the 1990s was constantly being called out as an abusive workplace, exploiting H1B and "home grown" engineers, then laying them off when they got too old and sending their work overseas. Although I agree with most of his essay, I'm not sure I would want to be an employee in whatever scheme he is envisioning.
- juicebox 16y agoYou mean the "scheme" of economic survivability? I didn't read where Grove was proud of how Intel behaved during the '90s. In fact, I got the opposite impression from this article: Grove is writing from the pain and tragedy caused by competing with the Chinese on entirely Chinese terms. Where was the US during those years? Absent. Like a drunk staring into a Vegas slot machine in the wee hours of the morning going through the motions, but not really being there.
- starkfist 16y agoHe doesn't go into Intel's part in the whole thing. He mentions asking investors for money to build a fab, that's about it. Regarding his scheme, if his economic stimulus plan means to build a bunch of Intels, people will choose to party on and watch the economy go down in flames. Others in this thread keep talking about "the elephant in the room" but the real elephant in the room is that given other options, almost nobody chooses to work in a factory.
- _delirium 16y agoHe doesn't quite come out and say it, but I almost see his own policies as what he's now reacting against. Saying something like: If I were in charge of U.S. policy, I wouldn't allow Intel to do the kinds of things it did when I was in charge of it.