Cornell Graduate School Helped Make New York Appealing to Amazon
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Re: Cornell Graduate School Helped Make New York Appealing to Amazon
#2There is basically nothing mentioned about Amazon in this article. And it ignores one of the few unique elements that may have attracted Amazon, the Jacobs institute's new intellectual property policy.
Re: Cornell Graduate School Helped Make New York Appealing to Amazon
#3Do top companies prefer recruitment from elite schools?
See the comment by the CEO of Duo Lingo:
https://twitter.com/LuisvonAhn/status/1050426808393506817?s=...
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#4New York made New York appealing to Amazon.
Snark aside, it’s unlikely one can link Amazon’s decision to a single factor. New York being what it has has a large number of assets in its favor: a huge, mobile workforce, strong business community, strong sales community, deep tech pool, a strong transit system, legitimately a world-class city...
Re: Cornell Graduate School Helped Make New York Appealing to Amazon
#5Do top companies prefer recruitment from elite schools? See the comment by the CEO of Duo Lingo: https://twitter.com/LuisvonAhn/status/1050426808393506817?s=...
Per the tweet: CMU has higher female ratios in their CS programs? Is that specific to undergraduate?
I’ve looked into applying to their masters programs and of the ~20 options, only two appear to have higher than 50% female[0]: (1) HCI and (2) Educational techn. and Applied Learning Science.
[0] https://www.cs.cmu.edu/sites/default/files/SCS_Masters_Progr...
Re: Cornell Graduate School Helped Make New York Appealing to Amazon
#6I was a little puzzled how Ithaca would factor in (~4 hours away) but apparently there's a satellite "Cornell Tech" campus on Roosevelt Island.
Clearly the local talent available helps when factoring where to locate, but I can't help but cynically think that this story is a retcon to distract from the public subsidies. It's telling that there's no quote from any Amazon employee that substantiates the headline's claim.
Re: Cornell Graduate School Helped Make New York Appealing to Amazon
#7I'm going to be a Visiting Professor there in 2019, and I'll be teaching a deep learning course.
One interesting thing about Cornell Tech is that the faculty all work in an open office space, and I think that's to embrace start up culture. Faculty have "huddle" rooms for meetings. At my home institution, I spend 20 hours per week in meetings. Faculty do have dedicated huddle rooms, though.
Re: Cornell Graduate School Helped Make New York Appealing to Amazon
#8Do top companies prefer recruitment from elite schools? See the comment by the CEO of Duo Lingo: https://twitter.com/LuisvonAhn/status/1050426808393506817?s=...
Per the tweet: CMU has higher female ratios in their CS programs? Is that specific to undergraduate? I’ve looked into applying to their masters programs and of the ~20 options, only two appear to have higher than 50% female[0]: (1) HCI and (2) Educational techn. and Applied Learning Science. [0] https://www.cs.cmu.edu/sites/default/files/SCS_Masters_Progr...
I believe that "higher" means higher female ratios than many other CS programs, not necessarily more females than males.
Re: Cornell Graduate School Helped Make New York Appealing to Amazon
#9Do top companies prefer recruitment from elite schools? See the comment by the CEO of Duo Lingo: https://twitter.com/LuisvonAhn/status/1050426808393506817?s=...
Per the tweet: CMU has higher female ratios in their CS programs? Is that specific to undergraduate? I’ve looked into applying to their masters programs and of the ~20 options, only two appear to have higher than 50% female[0]: (1) HCI and (2) Educational techn. and Applied Learning Science. [0] https://www.cs.cmu.edu/sites/default/files/SCS_Masters_Progr...
Not CMU, but Cornell's College of Engineering most recent class enrolled more women than men.
Re: Cornell Graduate School Helped Make New York Appealing to Amazon
#10I was a little puzzled how Ithaca would factor in (~4 hours away) but apparently there's a satellite "Cornell Tech" campus on Roosevelt Island. Clearly the local talent available helps when factoring where to locate, but I can't help but cynically think that this story is a retcon to distract from the public subsidies. It's telling that there's no quote from any Amazon employee that substantiates the headline's claim…
This is actually a really good point. After reading your comment I can’t help but think that this is a purchased article from someone with an agenda.