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How in the world a car company can attract ( let alone provide environment or infrastructure etc ) sufficient software talent to achieve this ?
by iamgopal 8y ago
How in the world a car company can attract ( let alone provide environment or infrastructure etc ) sufficient software talent to achieve this ?
- oblio 8y ago$$$, just like every other company.
- TomMarius 8y agoHow did they attract sufficient software talent for their other advanced active safety systems?
- inertiatic 8y agoIn a world where "software talent" can be attracted to work on "boring" subjects such as advertising, do you have to ask this question? The same incentives apply.
- maxxxxx 8y agoHow does NASA attract software talent? Not all smart people are in silicon valley selling ads or spying on people.
- cenal 8y agoPlenty of smart people are staying away thanks to the increasing costs to live in the Bay Area.
- krn 8y agoAlso, not all engineers have a risk-taking mentality. The Bay Area attracts mostly the "hacker" types, but there are plenty of more conservative – yet equally technically capable – individuals who prefer working for the government or a Fortune 500 company, where IT is just one of the many departments. Essentially, these are the people who might as well have chosen a career in banking or any other well-paying science-based field. To them, having a stable job is the highest priority.
- simonh 8y agoAgainst which you have to balance the risk of taking the NASA job, but not getting paid for a few weeks or months every year.
- justtopost 8y agoIf you really want a 'NASA' job, your best bet is one of their subcontractors that do most of the actual engineering.
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- planteen 8y agoJPL is still at work during the current shutdown...
- maxxxxx 8y agoThey also get backpay so they are not really losing money.
- krn 8y agoIn most of Europe, software engineers are paid the same as other highly skilled engineers. And Europe has plenty of engineering talent. What it doesn't have, though, is people willing to take and fund bold projects. But building the safest cars in the world[1] is not considered bold at Volvo. That's how they differentiate themselves in the crowded premium car market from Audi, Mercedes-Benz, and BMW. [1] http://www.thedrive.com/sheetmetal/17546/euro-ncap-volvo-xc60-is-the-safest-car-of-2017 http://www.thedrive.com/sheetmetal/17546/euro-ncap-volvo-xc6...
- toasterlovin 8y agoAren’t the Tesla Model S/X the safest cars in the world, though?
- kobbe 8y agoHe ment crash saftey :) If you are in a collition, Volvo is world leading. Tesla is only safer because is can break in advance.
- SomeHacker44 8y agoUnintentionally hilarious use of homonym, thanks! (Cars that can't be driven can't get into many accidents...)
- c0unt3r3x4mpl3 8y agohttps://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/06/insurance-institute-for-highway-safety-tests-tesla-model-s.html https://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/06/insurance-institute-for-high...
- toasterlovin 8y agoSeems like it’s disputed. Still, of the safest cars mentioned at the end of the article, none are made by Volvo.
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