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November 06, 2006
Life Post Intel
The Oregonian has an interesting article espousing the benefits of living the life of Intel culture (the URL is http://www.oregonlive.com/search/index.ssf?/base/business/1162536984261140.xml?oregonian?fnfp&coll=7 but I expect it to be dead in 14 days). It's interesting to read this because of the initial false assumptions many of those interviewed made, and the grandstanding of the culture by the author.
I don't find the culture to be that exciting, demanding, challenging, or enlightened. In fact I find it to be exactly opposite of what the silly "values" card and training give you. I can sum up the experience so far as: "Run to the beach, find a spot, dig your hole, build a wall, and defend against all costs. If needed, dig further."
The rest of the story makes it sound like these folks had never worked at another company. I find it hard to believe they're as clueless as portrayed.
Worth a read, if not for the tidbits that have confirmed my findings. There is nothing here job wise in the tech field, and that is sad. :-(
Posted by Dan at 07:02 PM | Comments (0)