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That particular argument also falls flat, at least with the given information, since there have been plenty of industry partners in defining the USB specs. My
by ISL 4y ago
That particular argument also falls flat, at least with the given information, since there have been plenty of industry partners in defining the USB specs.
My guess is that if you want to be paid full-time to work on USB, you'll probably find more (and better-paid) positions in industry.
- the_only_law 4y agoYeah, but outside a borderline prodigy or no lifing to get the knowlegde and experience or a lucky recruitment at some university event, I doubt the industry was letting fresh new grads work on something like the USB spec.
- ghaff 4y agoThere may have been junior people on the teams at the various companies like Intel that developed and implemented the spec. No, those junior people probably weren't really developing the spec. (The person at Intel who is most credited for the spec with his team was already pretty senior and later became an Intel Fellow.) I also sort of doubt a university group in Utah was a major contributor--although I could be wrong.
- coldpie 4y agoI admit I might've got the details wrong. The gist of the anecdote is the best response he had to me wanting to do impactful work was, "some people who didn't even go to this school were a part of something you've heard of ten years ago," which I didn't find terribly compelling.