Bell Labs Holmdel Is Now Mainly a Food Court

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Post by aj7 » Sun, Jan 24, 2021, 9:20 PM UTC

Re: Bell Labs Holmdel Is Now Mainly a Food Court

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Post by person_of_color » Mon, Jan 25, 2021, 12:03 AM UTC

Doesn’t surprise me when you could double your salary simply moving to the west coast.

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Post by cbradford » Mon, Jan 25, 2021, 12:13 AM UTC

The phrases "innovation", "tech hub" and "New Jersey"... I don't think so

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Post by localcdn » Mon, Jan 25, 2021, 12:14 AM UTC

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Post by coliveira » Mon, Jan 25, 2021, 12:21 AM UTC

cbradford wrote: post #3

The phrases "innovation", "tech hub" and "New Jersey"... I don't think so

New Jersey still is a tech hub, but for pharmaceutical technology.

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Post by david_dan » Mon, Jan 25, 2021, 12:25 AM UTC

cbradford wrote: post #3

The phrases "innovation", "tech hub" and "New Jersey"... I don't think so

Huh? The Transistor, Unix, Speech Recognition was all invented in NJ

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Post by yowlingcat » Mon, Jan 25, 2021, 12:25 AM UTC

cbradford wrote: post #3

The phrases "innovation", "tech hub" and "New Jersey"... I don't think so

Don't let how easy it is to make fun of New Jersey distract you from how it's an enormous hub for lucrative pharma dollars.

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Post by Sebguer » Mon, Jan 25, 2021, 12:29 AM UTC

cbradford wrote: post #3

The phrases "innovation", "tech hub" and "New Jersey"... I don't think so

What places do you consider to be tech hubs?

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Post by riffic » Mon, Jan 25, 2021, 12:31 AM UTC

cbradford wrote: post #3

The phrases "innovation", "tech hub" and "New Jersey"... I don't think so

Do you not realize what the significance of Bell Labs is?

edit: This site is an Eero Saarinen design as well, TIL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Labs_Holmdel_Complex

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Post by ardy42 » Mon, Jan 25, 2021, 12:38 AM UTC

cbradford wrote: post #3

The phrases "innovation", "tech hub" and "New Jersey"... I don't think so

> The phrases "innovation", "tech hub" and "New Jersey"... I don't think so

Don't be so parochial. Who knows what the places you consider to be "tech hubs" now will be in 50 years.

I recently learned that Minnesota of all places used to be a "tech hub" during the mainframe era.