Being a tool *pays*

[kickaha]

http://arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.ars/2007/11/12/supercomputer-researcher-joins-microsoft

FYI for the UNC alums.

Comments

[kimokeane.livejournal.com]

So he's leaving his old job?
Woot! ;)

And why would joining The Evil Corp be a bonus worth striving for?

[cthulhim.livejournal.com]

Don't remember him, sorry. Should I?

[code-slave.livejournal.com]

Heeeeeee!

Yeah, i heard. Oy. Just, Oy.

[georgmi.livejournal.com]

Being a tool has *always* paid. It pays particularly well in IT.

Sometimes, I wish I could bring myself to play the political game, but (my shaggy dog stories aside) I seem constitutionally incapable of telling people what they want to hear if reality differs.

[ginkgo.livejournal.com]

D00d! The comments on the DiTcH article are telling.

http://www.dailytarheel.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticleComments&ustory_id=e60d7466-3430-486b-b945-75fbe845c199

I thought I had tons of generalized bile over the issue...

[night-monkey.livejournal.com]

Makes me wish I was a bigger tool. :)