tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2027195.post979097519213885396..comments2009-01-28T14:36:33.598-07:00Comments on timz blog: Could Silicon Valley become the next Detroit?
Whil...timshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06655082284971009965noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2027195.post-35212487380808176232009-01-28T14:36:00.000-07:002009-01-28T14:36:00.000-07:00Hi Harry! <br><br>I dont really talk about work o...Hi Harry! <BR/><BR/>I dont really talk about work on this blog.. it's only personal stuff so I should be okay :) Thanks for watching out for me though!<BR/><BR/>I kind of agree, but then again, you also are sounding a bit like 'our' parents generation. <BR/><BR/>Look at the incentives in society? Sports, Law, Business, Medicine? Legal and Medical professions are a ton of work. Engineering istimshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06655082284971009965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2027195.post-5035011911912211282009-01-27T23:02:00.000-07:002009-01-27T23:02:00.000-07:00Hi Tim,<br><br>Didn't know you had a blog. Don't l...Hi Tim,<BR/><BR/>Didn't know you had a blog. Don't let boss lady DH find out;-)<BR/><BR/>I agree that we suck at educating for STEM in the US. However, I won't blame the schools entirely. I think we're a victim of our own success in that young people have the benefit of our wealth and then squander it, forsaking what earned that wealth ... hard work. I don't see a sense of urgency or a real workharry the ASIC guyhttp://theasicguy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2027195.post-34777032854581488632009-01-27T14:11:00.000-07:002009-01-27T14:11:00.000-07:00I've worked with a few Eastern bloc guys and t...I've worked with a few Eastern bloc guys and they are scary smart! You sic them on the hardest problems and see what happens! I think you nailed another aspect of it.. (the creative/technical 'vibe') and wanting to be around like minded people.<BR/><BR/>I've seen members of our staff come and go (back to India, then back stateside, etc:) I've not really talked at length to timshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06655082284971009965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2027195.post-40773098564895110432009-01-27T13:57:00.000-07:002009-01-27T13:57:00.000-07:00an interesting perspective. I'm not sure I buy it...an interesting perspective. I'm not sure I buy it, more for a gut reason than any other. Many of my team at work are not US-born, but they still come here. Science and compSci are different, however, and as a nation we do not place enough emphasis on science compared to the Indian model. I've never felt govt. funding per se was the answer, but it is a great way to kickstart things. I think chollaballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16020167024164948522noreply@blogger.com