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Old 08-29-2015, 07:10 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by murg View Post
That's because they are selling the position to the potential engineer (for want of a better word).
On the other hand, it would take a very naïve person to sign up with a product development subsidiary of a multinational (say Proctor & Gamble or, ahem, Xerox) and *not* expect to see their effort tied to the market for the product.

And, yes, I brought out PARC because a *lot* of their tops guys left because Xerox was *not* commercializing their efforts. So they left to join or create businesses that would.
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