Xref: utzoo misc.jobs.offered:9520 misc.jobs.resumes:5770 comp.sys.mac.misc:12900 comp.sys.mac.system:6939 comp.sys.mac.programmer:25543 misc.jobs.misc:11900 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!deccrl!news.crl.dec.com!nntpd.lkg.dec.com!alien.enet.dec.com!mcculley From: mcculley@alien.enet.dec.com Newsgroups: misc.jobs.offered,misc.jobs.resumes,comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.programmer,misc.jobs.misc Subject: Re: Macintosh wiz seeks employment ASAP Message-ID: <23199@shlump.lkg.dec.com> Date: 5 Jun 91 21:56:47 GMT Sender: newsdaemon@shlump.lkg.dec.com Followup-To: misc.jobs.offered Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 31 In rc2o+@andrew.cmu.edu (Richard Lee Chung) writes: > >2) Apple Computer does not do any research outside of California ... Mr. Chung then goes one to question whether the original poster in this thread could have any experience other than his own personal hacking. I'm surprised that anybody on the net, even from a .EDU domain, would confuse "research" (or perhaps even "product development") with "programming experience" or even "software engineering". Truth is, the folks in the field offices often know as much or more about the innards of products as the folks who developed them. Folks in field offices get to help real customers do real work, something folks in .edu-land probably don't understand very well :-), and this means designing applications, implementing systems, and diagnosing problems with base products and customer code too. For my money, a *-> good <-* technical background in the field is a whole helluva lot better experience than the same time in product development. BTW, I've been earning a living in this business for over twenty years, and I've been with Digital for over ten. I've had experience both in the field and in corporate Central Engineering. My opinions are based on that, so of course I think they're well-founded. -- Bruce McCulley Digital Equipment Corporation Corporate Software Engineering (employed by but not speaking for Digital Equipment Corporation)