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Google Tried to Patent My Work After a Job Interview

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1798 points jerryX | 1 comments | 30 Nov 18 05:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.314s | source
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CalChris ◴[30 Nov 18 06:40 UTC] No.18567228[source]▶
Regina Dugan is a former head of DARPA as well as ATAP. She has an impressive resume. Why would she do something like this? For a not particularly important patent, LED popup books? It seems bizarre.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regina_E._Dugan

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logifail ◴[30 Nov 18 08:17 UTC] No.18567565[source]▶
>> She has an impressive resume.

>> Why would she do something like $badthing?

Am I the only one wondering why anyone would think a person's resume should be any kind of predictor of good or bad behaviour?

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geezerjay ◴[30 Nov 18 08:36 UTC] No.18567636[source]▶
You're not the only one wondering that.

In fact, one way to get an impressive resume is to railroad others and use people as stepping stones to your way to the top.

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markdown ◴[30 Nov 18 09:04 UTC] No.18567755[source]▶
Thomas Edison had a great resume.
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Retric ◴[30 Nov 18 09:30 UTC] No.18567849[source]▶
He also ‘railroad others and use people as stepping stones to your way to the top‘ so that’s not a counter argument.
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1. MetalGuru ◴[30 Nov 18 10:04 UTC] No.18568009[source]▶
He’s not making a counter argument. He’s agreeing with you...