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Legacy telcos are the epitome of large big institutions where many of the best talents leave. After just a few years of working with them, I couldn't believe t
by mathattack 13y ago
Legacy telcos are the epitome of large big institutions where many of the best talents leave. After just a few years of working with them, I couldn't believe they could get a dial tone. How did they produce so much great R&D?
- AsymetricCom 13y agowining and dining college grads and telling them all sorts of great stories then laying the workload on them until they burn out or quit.
- Zigurd 13y ago> How did they produce so much great R&D? By having negotiated profit margins. Bell Labs was meant to soak up excess money. What we are now nostalgic for would never have happened without an interval during which a telco was considered a "natural monopoly."
- mathattack 13y agoBut didn't Bell Labs have the telco mentality? Or how did they protect themselves from it?