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Google's Ph.D. Advantage

Posted by Hemos on from the dissertating-your-results dept.

Frisky070802 writes "The New York Times reports on Google's success and desire in hiring Ph.D.'s (free registration required). It says that Google's willingness to let every employee spend 20% of his or her time on an independent project is a compelling motivator and that they estimate that Google has as many Ph.D.'s working for it as Microsoft, which is 30 times larger. How many other companies put "Ph.D. a plus" in their want ads?"

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  1. PHD??? by ellem · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I thought that was a good way to find a GF b/c her Daddy is a PHD

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