Job Posting PhD?

[Charles Curley]

On Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 02:07:12PM -0600, Gregory Mockett wrote:
> Its amazing how one person interprets a line and can create an entirely new
> and even distracting and counter thread. 

Chortle. Thanks for taking the foofuraw around here in good
spirit. These guys do this to a lot of job postings, and I wonder if
they drive off repeat business by doing it.


> 
> And admittedly PhD is a poor test, but find me a brief (and cheeky (tone))
> one-liner that says "real creative and logical aptitude for solving the
> unsolvable combined with a doggedness that achieves in spite of seriously
> popular and dogmatic obstacles" and I will edit and repost.

"Do you find MENSA meetings plodding and dull?"



> 
> Actually, we have never hired a PhD. We like to hire what we call Pre-PhD,
> because these folks are hardworking, creative, clever (genius), determined
> to prove themselves, free-thinkers, who have not gone focused (read
> narrow--think medical specialist). Many of our management team prefer
> pre-PhD, because an academic setting will often ruin talent from a business
> utility perspective--not always, but quite often--by exposure to highly
> divergent accountability and 'success' standards. 

Heck, I've been pre-PhD for more'n forty years (except I don't think I
have to prove myself). I must be prime material! Resume's at the usual
spot: http://www.charlescurley.com

Sounds like you guys should be looking for [home|un]schoolers.

> 
> In previous hirings at other gigs, our Pre-PhD's have gone on to
> perform--in many cases--to explore very intriguing new territory in
> their PhD research projects in AI, Machine Learning, Graphics
> Rendering, etc., and in such fine institutions as UNC, BYU, UofU,
> UMich, etc.

I knew a guy who had never had formal programming lessons, and didn't
have a PhD (he corrected me when I addressed him as Dr.). But JPL/NASA
put him in charge of telling them where Jupiter, the Jovian moons,
the Voyager spacecraft and other delights that are rare were.

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