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From: ephraim@think.COM (ephraim vishniac)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: GC Hyperdrive - Reliable ???
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Date: 5 Feb 88 15:06:23 GMT
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In article <3992@husc6.harvard.edu> olson@endor.UUCP (Eric K. Olson) writes:
>Funny thing, GCC used to be on the net.  I wonder if they can see all this
>and don't think they need to defend themselves, or if they don't post
>official positions, or if they don't read news anymore...

>Eric K. Olson     olson@endor.harvard.edu     harvard!endor!olson     D0760
>   (Name)                (ArpaNet)                 (UseNet)        (AppleLink)

I haven't seen GCC on the net since about the time they moved from
Cambridge to Waltham.  I suspect internal conniptions in the company,
because they've also been using some rather unusual recruiting
measures:

	1. I got a direct mail solicitation from them to
	   call/write/send a resume. The cover letter spoke
	   in glowing terms of how I'd find it just as exciting
	   as MIT. A friend of mine received the same packet,
	   but it said BU in his copy.  I don't know how many
	   schools they covered.

	2. I got a personal phone call from a fellow who claimed
	   to be one of the company officers.  (I've forgotten
	   his name.)  I've never heard of a company where the
	   officers spend their evenings making "cold" recruiting
	   calls.  I did send a resume in response to this tactic,
	   but it took them over a month to get back to me and
	   I'd already started at Thinking Machines by then.

Draw your own conclusions.


Ephraim Vishniac					  ephraim@think.com
Thinking Machines Corporation / 245 First Street / Cambridge, MA 02142-1214