28 Feb
2012
28 Feb
'12
7 a.m.
On 2/28/2012 7:22 AM, Adam wrote:
Bell Labs, as it was, certainly seems like the best
place in the world to work in.
No. For instance, I find it amusing that Bell Labs proudly advertised
that Claude Shannon worked there. According to a colleague who got his
ScD at MIT and worked at the Labs, Shannon left the Labs to teach and do
research at MIT because of the caustic environment and poor management.
In particular, many senior employees in the math group looked down on
Shannon, and were allowed by management to treat him accordingly,
because his theories and papers were not rigorous enough for them.
Shannon was much happier at MIT than Bell Labs.
--Dan