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There's probably some long-term strategizing going on here, as well. The likelihood of a CS undergrad from Princeton creating their own startup that cuts into A
by aetimmes 8y ago
There's probably some long-term strategizing going on here, as well. The likelihood of a CS undergrad from Princeton creating their own startup that cuts into Alphabet's margins somewhere is much higher than the probability of a student from a state school doing the same.
To speak nothing of the professors...
- ryanmercer 8y ago>To speak nothing of the professors... This probably had a lot to do with it. Schools like that have huge endowments (Princeton's is north of 20 billion dollars), and as such can afford to attract very good faculty. Very good faculty can lead to very bright students. Princeton is also going to have a lot more defense dealings than something like a state school and where cutting-edge tech is being researched, OGAs are guaranteed to be sniffing around and weaseling their way into the research with funding.
- mav3rick 8y agoThat most likely has nothing to do with it. These sort of things happen with previous relationships of some faculty with academics inside Google. There is no "long term" play of let's quash the competitors. Higher ranked schools are often better at research as well, you can get more bang for your buck than lesser ranked schools.
- Fomite 8y ago> Higher ranked schools are often better at research as well, you can get more bang for your buck than lesser ranked schools. Note that this depends on what you want for "bang". At less well-heeled schools, a far more modest donation can steer departments etc.
- throwawayjava 8y agoThey want collaboration and access to great minds, not influence. Also, every if they did want influence, the ivy pay would make even more sense bc the ivy tail wags the academic dog. Better to influence a generation of future faculty than one Dept of current ones...
- Fomite 8y ago"Collaboration and access to great minds" comes from influence. As does the opportunity to shape postdocs and graduate students - the generation of future faculty you're talking about.
- screye 8y ago> Higher ranked schools are often better at research as well, you can get more bang for your buck than lesser ranked schools. Just to be clear, Princeton ranks close to 15-20th in CS. Many state schools do out rank Princeton in CS and they do not have such labs yet. I can understand if IAS or the Math department was the main reason to open a lab there. But, if it was quality of CS faculty that exclusively factored into the decision, then there would be other state schools in the line ahead of Princeton.