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I dunno. Seems to me like people can be productive in lots of different environments. Can anyone argue that people like Dick Karp were unsuccessful because they
by Upvoter33 6y ago
I dunno. Seems to me like people can be productive in lots of different environments. Can anyone argue that people like Dick Karp were unsuccessful because they were academics? Conversely, people like Page and Brin took what they developed in an academic setting and made something amazing in industry. Others like Steve Jobs/Wozniak built something purely in industry. All things can be good and possible; there is no one path that is the right one for all.
- mathgladiator 6y ago> people can be productive in lots of different environments I think this is why sharing stories is important so wandering people can find ideas for them achieving better results.
- Upvoter33 6y agoI do agree. But this wasn't just a "sharing my story", it also had a lot of opinion about the "better way" and a lot of negative thrown in the academic direction. But yeah, it's still an interesting read.
- srtjstjsj 6y agoPage and Brin didn't do anything academically. They took a standard technique and deployed it industrially "X but on the Internet" as we describe software patents today, and scaled it up. Academy is where they made the social connections (each other and VC) needed to launch a business, before they hired DEC people to build the tech.