Microsoft IQ big defeat in Google high-paying retention high IQ talents
The software giant Microsoft for high IQ talents to the point of crazy pursuit once, but now in IQ war gradually lost to Google. Forbes magazine publisher of richie Karl, one of high (Rich Karlgaard) days prior to writing about think, now Microsoft has no longer is eager to innovation of the genius of the heaven.
According to Forbes article quoted by website Ritchie said, now for the Microsoft software workers, it has become a piece of pure land of fortune. Most people hold the following attitude to software empire: work 80 hours a week, strive hard 5 years, after get part of the company stock, after fame likeliest long-term outcome. But for once by intelligence war in Microsoft software developers not content to be mostly useless employees, only maintenance Windows and Office this've done "BaYe". They are more willing to invest to a new enterprise such as the search engine Google's door, this year July by the middle of Microsoft China research institute President li kaifu move into the act of Google are examples.
The article says, in 12 years ago with Microsoft's empire soul with Bill Gates travel, richie once asked gates: "what is your company as Microsoft's competitors?" "The investment bank Goldman Sachs," gates answer that all the people in the least surprised, for the investment bank's business and Microsoft it is irrelevant. Gates explained, because the most intelligent people choose a software field of employers will gather to Microsoft corp. 's. So instead of investment banking is high IQ, enterprise, such as Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley a threat to Microsoft.
The article says, in the next five years, gates had hundreds of times to mention the concept of IQ. Microsoft for high IQ talent pursuit has come to the point of crazy, this is also the final achievement of the software empire BaYe. According to statistics, Microsoft corp. 's employees for about 60000, and sales have reached $40 billion, on average each employee sales of $650000, and the number of IBM, which is twice as much.
However, search engine giant Google's d-will let gates began to feel the unprecedented pressure. According to statistics, although Google current operating income of just $6 billion a year, but it's only 4000 employees, average revenue per person down to $1.5 million. In the current intelligence war, Google has beat Microsoft won.
Finally said, though Microsoft empire goal for the future still seemed intelligence war, but the most outstanding people hope to create their own world, not the surround in the heritage asleep.