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what was the reason?

You're really asking "why choose Xerox, the Office of the Future, over a mainframe job?"

i thought xerox parc had lost its glamour and was being mismanaged by the parent company… maybe that was just a rumour

He's talking about 50 years or so ago -- he was there during the glory days of PARC.

"Xerox PARC" is not one word.

This whole story has been discussed here ad nauseum. There are several books on it, including one by me.