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That’s like saying GE can’t atteact skilled staff because people only know them for their light bulbs. The sort of people that TI needs to attract will know tha

• thaumasiotes 8y ago
  I'm saying "ever heard of Texas Instruments?" isn't a good argument, because while everyone has heard of it, they know it only for making useless products that don't need or want additional design. The fact that you've heard of it is entirely unrelated to the number of people it employs and in what capacity it employs them.
  • mikeash 8y ago
    This is a place where you’d expect people to know what TI actually does, not just the calculators. “Ever heard of X?” is an idiom that means something like “here’s an obvious example you should already know about.” It doesn’t imply that knowing about it proves something. It’s a perfectly fine argument that just says, “TI exists and attracts educated employees.”