Remembering Bell Labs as legendary idea factory prepares to leave N.J. home
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#2I have a question for anyone in an R&D/Bell Labs-esque place - are there any good recommendations for similar places to work, particularly outside the US? "Old" Google apparently was, but going by what ex-googlers have been saying it hasn't been the case for a long while now.
Re: Remembering Bell Labs as legendary idea factory prepares to leave N.J. home
#3I have a question for anyone in an R&D/Bell Labs-esque place - are there any good recommendations for similar places to work, particularly outside the US? "Old" Google apparently was, but going by what ex-googlers have been saying it hasn't been the case for a long while now.
I was wondering the same myself. Albeit in the us or nyc. :)
I’ve had middling success creating opportunities but that’s very far from being in an environment where there so much interesting going on around you
Re: Remembering Bell Labs as legendary idea factory prepares to leave N.J. home
#4I have a question for anyone in an R&D/Bell Labs-esque place - are there any good recommendations for similar places to work, particularly outside the US? "Old" Google apparently was, but going by what ex-googlers have been saying it hasn't been the case for a long while now.
As a freelance product designer I'm always learning and always excited about work. There are so many interesting companies working on so many interesting problems.
Re: Remembering Bell Labs as legendary idea factory prepares to leave N.J. home
#5I have a question for anyone in an R&D/Bell Labs-esque place - are there any good recommendations for similar places to work, particularly outside the US? "Old" Google apparently was, but going by what ex-googlers have been saying it hasn't been the case for a long while now.
Microsoft Research, though it has a reputation for coming up with great ideas that somehow never end-up in a shipping Microsoft product.
Re: Remembering Bell Labs as legendary idea factory prepares to leave N.J. home
#6I have a question for anyone in an R&D/Bell Labs-esque place - are there any good recommendations for similar places to work, particularly outside the US? "Old" Google apparently was, but going by what ex-googlers have been saying it hasn't been the case for a long while now.
I was wondering the same myself. Albeit in the us or nyc. :) I’ve had middling success creating opportunities but that’s very far from being in an environment where there so much interesting going on around you
Freelance product design is a good field for this type work, but you don't really see it concentrated into a unified r/d location like bell had often.
Also @dsgnr you're posts are currently hell banned
Re: Remembering Bell Labs as legendary idea factory prepares to leave N.J. home
#7The new home is still NJ: New Brunswick.
> When Nokia’s research arm, Nokia Bell Labs, said in early December the company will move out of the Murray Hill campus over the next five years to relocate to a new tech hub being built in New Brunswick, the announcement spurred an outpouring of memories online from current and former employees.
> Bell Labs’ new headquarters will be located at the HELIX innovation center in New Brunswick. Originally known as “The Hub,” the HELIX innovation center will be a large complex in the city’s downtown on the site of the former Ferren Mall.
More news on the real estate side of things:
https://re-nj.com/legacy-moment-inside-the-landmark-deal-to-...
I'm excited for New Brunswick here. Would love to see this small city develop. With relatively cheap cost of living, Rutgers, decent zoning (they've got a number of highrises and seem to be adding more), and being a few train stops away from NYC (and a direct bus IIRC?) it seems like a really compelling place to invest in.
Re: Remembering Bell Labs as legendary idea factory prepares to leave N.J. home
#8I have a question for anyone in an R&D/Bell Labs-esque place - are there any good recommendations for similar places to work, particularly outside the US? "Old" Google apparently was, but going by what ex-googlers have been saying it hasn't been the case for a long while now.
If you are in the UK Deepmind seemed to be that way to me when I applied. A lot of research groups doing hard research in a wide array of fields, cutting edge AI stuff, a core team of SEs developing in house programs for researchers, and research engineers for productionization. And no, I didn't get the job lol.
I've heard mixed things about it as a company but GResearch (also UK) seemed like an interesting R&D software / math mix in the vein of investment banking. I applied there over ten years ago so YMMV at this point, who knows.
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#9The new home is still NJ: New Brunswick. > When Nokia’s research arm, Nokia Bell Labs, said in early December the company will move out of the Murray Hill campus over the next five years to relocate to a new tech hub being built in New Brunswick, the announcement spurred an outpouring of memories online from current and former employees. > Bell Labs’ new headquarters will be located at the HELIX innovation center in…
I agree that investment in the city of New Brunswick seems like a great idea for the reasons you stated. At the same time, it just feels so grand and historic to walk the same halls as the likes of Shannon, and it's a bit sad that I may not be able to see it again. (I've only visited a handful of times to work on some joint projects though). Hopefully the new lab space/equipment will be very modern and efficient though! One last thought... Traffic is gonna be a bear for anyone driving in! It was miserable a decade ago when I was at Rutgers.
Re: Remembering Bell Labs as legendary idea factory prepares to leave N.J. home
#10I have a question for anyone in an R&D/Bell Labs-esque place - are there any good recommendations for similar places to work, particularly outside the US? "Old" Google apparently was, but going by what ex-googlers have been saying it hasn't been the case for a long while now.
I was wondering the same myself. Albeit in the us or nyc. :) I’ve had middling success creating opportunities but that’s very far from being in an environment where there so much interesting going on around you
I'm sure a lot of people will reflexively run in the opposite direction but IBM still has a large research organization.