I advise young engineers today to work for Fortune 500 companies, not Big Tech.
Today, however, he's working on a project for a different kind of tech company: John Deere.
There is no magic at Big Tech companies, there's only money.
And Fortune 500 companies simply don't have the luxury of buying talent just to park it.
Today, all companies are tech companies, and they all want to see more recurring revenue in their business models, which means they need smart, restless engineers.
Persons:
moonshots, Jon Weisz, John Deere, Weisz, Peter Thiel, that's, Philips, Ford, Tien Tzuo, Tzuo
Organizations:
Fortune, Big Tech, Corporations, Oracle, Apple, Nike, Honeywell, Volvo, Boeing, Whirlpool, Technologists, Facebook, Consumer, SEI, Microsoft, EV, Cornell, Stanford
Locations:
Columbia, Baltimore, Hulu, Atlanta, Salesforce