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> At NeXT infamously a PhD in comp-sci worked as a janitor as he simply wanted to be around Jobs and cool smart people. What did he get out of that in the end?
by clouddrover 3y ago
> At NeXT infamously a PhD in comp-sci worked as a janitor as he simply wanted to be around Jobs and cool smart people.
What did he get out of that in the end? Just more janitor work?
- 3cats-in-a-coat 3y agoI don't know whether when you do this, you think about career opportunities. You're on a "mission by God" (to clean, I guess, lol). You want to be there when "it happens". And frankly, looking back, those folks had a legitimate reason to be excited. History was made.
- Austin_Conlon 3y agoCleaned up some Objective-C code maybe.