Its amazing how one person interprets a line and can create an entirely new
and even distracting and counter thread.
The line was:
"IF you...
... are a genius (yes, really. Could you get a PhD if you sought
to?)"
It is a simple acid test, not a requirement. "could" is the determinant
operand. You would not believe the number of geeks that think that they are
geniuses who miserably fail our assessment tests! Putting some sort of
waterline is necessary, trust me.
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.
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.
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.
All of them brilliant--and beautiful people. (Your comments tell me that you
would have liked them too.) I cherish my associations with all of them! Even
those who have finished their PhD programs!
So . . . If any of you brilliant PhD haters/apethetists/apologists/et al
think you have the chops for i.TV . . . please send in your resume! We would
love to chat with you. What we are doing is nothing short of rocket science
and is very fun and could be hugely contributing to society, to boot.
Greg Mockett
i.TV, LLC
801 705-9263
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