> If we're talking the kind of ultra a level hackers you deal with at Y Combinator, even as it stands, would any of them work for a big slow company like Cisco now?
You do a huge disservice to the many excellent hackers that work at Cisco. (Even if you have issues with the company's management, they still have some impressive tech.) You don't need to be all over Hacker News to be brilliant.
Comments like these really highlight the myopic perspective that pervades the valley/startup scene. There is a much bigger world out there than you realize.
Yes sorry, I did go a bit far there, but it does seem pg may feel this way and I was trying to prove even within his belief framework this plan was flawed. I didn't mean to endorse such beliefs and I don't hold them. I've seen enough organizations to know that even big lumbering ones with questionable management can have some incredibly talented people, which just furthers the point :)
You do a huge disservice to the many excellent hackers that work at Cisco. (Even if you have issues with the company's management, they still have some impressive tech.) You don't need to be all over Hacker News to be brilliant.
Comments like these really highlight the myopic perspective that pervades the valley/startup scene. There is a much bigger world out there than you realize.