How to Have a Bad Career – David Patterson (2016) [video]
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Re: How to Have a Bad Career – David Patterson (2016) [video]
#2As he's mentioned, he has given this talk a few times, aimed at different audiences. One version of the talk has its slides here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzis5MXW83vCdUdXYnFIVDVOSkE...
Re: How to Have a Bad Career – David Patterson (2016) [video]
#3As he's mentioned, he has given this talk a few times, aimed at different audiences. One version of the talk has its slides here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzis5MXW83vCdUdXYnFIVDVOSkE...
thank you for posting a text version. to make the topic even more legible to prospective link clickers:
> How to Have a Bad Career in Research/Academia Pre-PhD and Post-PhD (& How to Give a Bad Talk)
Re: How to Have a Bad Career – David Patterson (2016) [video]
#4As he's mentioned, he has given this talk a few times, aimed at different audiences. One version of the talk has its slides here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzis5MXW83vCdUdXYnFIVDVOSkE...
> Successful projects go through an unglamorous hard phase.
> Design is more fun than making it work.
Great wisdom for any kind of project
Re: How to Have a Bad Career – David Patterson (2016) [video]
#5Curious if today's Berkeley's professors would still wear Alphabet (former Google) t-shirts while holding presentations, I now realise that things have changed a lot in the last 10 years.
I've also not gone through the whole presentation, but does he at any point talk about the moral choices one will most definitely have to make during a career in tech? (this is related to the previous paragraph). Is it a "bad career" if people choose not to work for companies (such as Alphabet) that have gone all in behind AI? Seeing as now AI is used by State-entities for very nefarious reasons. Like I said, 2026 is way different compared to 2016.
Re: How to Have a Bad Career – David Patterson (2016) [video]
#6Curious if today's Berkeley's professors would still wear Alphabet (former Google) t-shirts while holding presentations, I now realise that things have changed a lot in the last 10 years. I've also not gone through the whole presentation, but does he at any point talk about the moral choices one will most definitely have to make during a career in tech? (this is related to the previous paragraph). Is it a "bad career…
That's a good observation. It's certainly less glamorous to work for these companies nowadays, but it started before AI.
Re: How to Have a Bad Career – David Patterson (2016) [video]
#7As he's mentioned, he has given this talk a few times, aimed at different audiences. One version of the talk has its slides here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzis5MXW83vCdUdXYnFIVDVOSkE...
> Successful projects go through an unglamorous hard phase. > Design is more fun than making it work. Great wisdom for any kind of project
I know the fourth rail on HN these days besides sex, religion and politics seems to be “AI”, but AI has taken the drudgery out of going from design -> implementation for me at least.
Re: How to Have a Bad Career – David Patterson (2016) [video]
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Successful projects go through an unglamorous hard phase. > Design is more fun than making it work. Great wisdom for any kind of project
I know the fourth rail on HN these days besides sex, religion and politics seems to be “AI”, but AI has taken the drudgery out of going from design -> implementation for me at least.
I think the issue is that some of us like the drudgery!
Re: How to Have a Bad Career – David Patterson (2016) [video]
#9As he's mentioned, he has given this talk a few times, aimed at different audiences. One version of the talk has its slides here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzis5MXW83vCdUdXYnFIVDVOSkE...
> Successful projects go through an unglamorous hard phase. > Design is more fun than making it work. Great wisdom for any kind of project
hello, yes 911? I'd like to report a hate crime against me
Re: How to Have a Bad Career – David Patterson (2016) [video]
#10Curious if today's Berkeley's professors would still wear Alphabet (former Google) t-shirts while holding presentations, I now realise that things have changed a lot in the last 10 years. I've also not gone through the whole presentation, but does he at any point talk about the moral choices one will most definitely have to make during a career in tech? (this is related to the previous paragraph). Is it a "bad career…
That's a good observation. It's certainly less glamorous to work for these companies nowadays, but it started before AI.
Is it less glamorous? As an academic, my impression is that lots of innovation is now done at industrial labs.
In general, Academia lacks sufficient resources and appropriate structures for dedicated efforts.
Pay is abysmal and politics is toxic. Both scare away lots of technical talent.