shift/work > episode 4: Dave Kormann

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Dave Kormann works at AT&T Research Labs, aka the old Bell Labs.  His title is member, technical staff which significantly undersells the coolness of his actual job.  In fact, he may have the coolest job in the universe: coming up with ideas, anticipating uses for new technologies and generally socializing with other really smart people in order to invent cool things that may or may not serve AT&T’s corporate needs in the future.  Listen in to hear all about it!

In today’s episode we talk about the culture of autonomy, what’s in a job title, noise boxes, and much more.

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