Quarta-feira, 7/9/2005
The Man Behind the Microchip
Julio Daio Borges
Perhaps that was his true genius. One could argue that [Robert] Noyce was less important for pioneering the chip than for pioneering the psychology of Silicon Valley. Pick any cliché of today's high-tech C.E.O. behavior, and Noyce forged the template. He bought and flew his own planes; played the extreme sports of his age; handed out employee stock options while fighting unions; relished his instant wealth, yet continually nursed a Puritanical suspicion that nobody could ever deserve that much bling. His follow-your-bliss management style set the tone for many Valley success stories, most notably today's young founders of Google, who encourage their employees to tinker with projects that might seem simply goofy. As Noyce realized, it is those flights of fancy that leave the world a permanently different place, no matter who gets credit for that.
Clive Thompson, ainda no The New York Times (porque até Tom Wolfe já escreveu sobre o fundador da Intel...).
Julio Daio Borges
7/9/2005 às 14h55
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