Great that his institution lets him run servers for his classrooms from “any” place.
At my school, first thing: disconnect all your servers except for required lavoratory things.
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At my school, first thing: disconnect all your servers except for required lavoratory things.
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A. MIT is as renowned as it is
B. MIT does this
C. MIT has people like Gerald Sussman as Professors
... MIT is going down the tubes.
... And people like Jerry (correctly) say MIT would never hire someone like them today.
I tried to search for the statement that MIT would not hire someone like Jerry, but I could not find it myself.
"Hi. I'm interested in how elite schools hire people. Would MIT hire someone like you (as you were when you were hired) today?"
(1) Please don't reference this conversation. (2) Please keep it short. Jerry's super-approachable, but MIT professors get a ton of cold-calls. 40 words tops. (3) If you are MIT-affiliated, mention that. You'll be more likely to get a response.
Or if you'd like more background, call him on the phone (yes, those exist) and see if he has time for a chat. He'll always find time to talk to MIT students (current and former), but for others, it depends on how busy he is.
Life skill: Cold-call interesting people. You can learn a lot that way.