Re:The Tinkerings of Robert Noyce (1983)
by temp_accounter on Saturday June 02, 2018 @02:58PM
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A few interesting takeaways from skimming the article:
* Shockley was ahead of his time with peer-ranking and transparent salaries
* Ageism and zero work-life balance has been a feature of the Silicon Valley landscape since its inception
* In the 1950's, the reference point for what a youthful, technically innovative, highly entrepreneurial industry would look like was the automobile industry - which would not at all be obvious to a modern reader who didn't know the early history of automobiles (I know the piece was written in the 80's, but for that part Wolfe is taking the perspective of someone in the burgeoning Silicon Valley of the 50's-60s)
* Shockley was ahead of his time with peer-ranking and transparent salaries
* Ageism and zero work-life balance has been a feature of the Silicon Valley landscape since its inception
* In the 1950's, the reference point for what a youthful, technically innovative, highly entrepreneurial industry would look like was the automobile industry - which would not at all be obvious to a modern reader who didn't know the early history of automobiles (I know the piece was written in the 80's, but for that part Wolfe is taking the perspective of someone in the burgeoning Silicon Valley of the 50's-60s)