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I was gonna say! Working at Bell Labs is a LOT more prestigious (and less humiliating) than working for Google, an advertising company. It's like the old joke
by DonHopkins 10mo ago
I was gonna say! Working at Bell Labs is a LOT more prestigious (and less humiliating) than working for Google, an advertising company.
It's like the old joke from Mad Magazine:
The Beatles? Weren't they Paul McCartney's backup band before Wings?
- mmooss 10mo agoIn fairness, was Bell Labs, part of (or funded by) AT&T, a phone monopoly, any less corporate than Google's home for genius engineers?
- DonHopkins 10mo agoTelephony is much more important to society than advertisement.
- mmooss 10mo agoI know where they make money, but calling them an advertising company is just a jab. Ha ha, but that doesn't describe Google, like them or not. I wonder where AT&T made profits and where, like any business, they broke even or had loss leaders. IIRC consumer telephone service was not profitable.