Defenestrating Thoughts from the Bivouac

I found this article a while ago and thought it was interesting; specifically this line about people graduating with engineering degrees: nowadays “chances are that [they will] be going to work for the likes of Microsoft or Google,” as opposed to a defense contractor.

Hey, that’s me!

When I graduated, my top job offers were from a couple of prestigious R&D firms for the DoD, and from Microsoft. Given the option between building weapons or working for the Evil Empire, I went for the latter. My reasoning was that, despite what you might think of Microsoft, Windows doesn’t kill people.

At least, that’s what Corporate PR told us to say. :-P