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∂28-DEC-75  0851	FTP:FEIGENBAUM at USC-ISI
Date: 28 DEC 1975 0850-PST
From: FEIGENBAUM at USC-ISI
Subject: WRITING FOR JOBS
To:   DBL at SU-AI
cc:   FEIGENBAUM

DOUG: YES, IT DOES SEEM TO ME THAT YOU ARE IN PANIC-MODE.
CALM DOWN! ALL GOOD THINGS WILL HAPPEN. HERE IS SOME ADVICE.

1.YES, IT IS IMPORTANT (IMPERATIVE) THAT YOU MENTION THAT I SUGGESTED
YOU WRITE, EVEN BETTER IF YOU CAN SAY FEIGENBAUM AND GREEN.

2.YOUR LIST IS VERY LONG. IF YOU SINCERELY PURSUE ALL OF THOSE
IN SUCH A WAY AS TO GIVE EVERY PLACE A "FAIR SHAKE",I.E. GET TO K NOW
YOU SO THEY CAN DECIDE IF THEY WANT TO HIRE YOU,YOU WILL BE SOAKING UP
AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF TIME WWHICH SHOULD BE SPENT ON YOUR THESIS.
I HAVE SEEN THIS TRAP OCCUR OVER AND OVER. BEEWARE.

3.I HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN WITH ALLEN NEWELL ABOUT YOU. HE IS OUT HERE
RIGHT NOW, CONSULTING FOR XEROX. SEND HIM A NETMESSAAGE 
(NEWELL@CMU-10A), TELL HIM THAT I PASSED ON THE INFORMATION THAT
I HAD TALKED WITH HIM ABOUT YOU AND THAT YOU ARE AVAILABLE FOR
A CHAT AT HIS CONVENIENCE IF HE SHOULD CHOOSE TO WANT ONE.LEAVE
A PHONE NUMBER OR TWO.

4.MANY OF THE PEOPLE ON YOUR LIST ARE ON THE ARPANET.THEY SHOULD BE
ALERTED TO YOUR AVAILABILITY VIA AN ARPANET MESSAGE FROM ME OR
CORDELL. YOU SHOULD DRAFT THE MESSAGE ON LINE AND GIVE IT TO ME OR
CORDELL FOR EDITING. THEN WE WILL DISPATCH IT TO A SELECTED
GROUP OF PEOPLE. ANY NOT ON HTE ARPANET WILL RECEIVE
REGULAR LETTER COPY. IT IS BETTER TO HAVE THE LETTER COMING
FROM ONE OF YOUR PROFESSORS THAN FROM YOU. (JUST A SERVICE OF THE
HOUSE. IN THE BETTER INSTITUTIONS, THAT IS).

5.GOING DOWN YOUR LIST:

ISI: WRITE TO THE DIRECTOR, KEITH UNCAPHER, NOT TO B OR G
HARVARD: GOOD PLACE BUT ALMOST NO CHAANCE FOR A PERSON OF YOUR BACKGROUND
TO GET IN THERE, IF THERE ARE ANY JOBS (I THINK THERE ARE).
YOU SPELLED TOM C.'S NAME WRONG, BUT I DONT KNOW THE CORRECT
SPELLING.
U. OF MICH.: FORGET IT. NOTHING THERE WORTHWHILE.
EDINBURGH: MELTZER. MICHIE IS  CURRENTLY IN INTELLECTUAL SIBERIA AT EDINBURGH
U. OFF MARYLAND:EITHER MINKER OR RIEGER OR BOTH
MIT:MINSKY AND PAPERT WITH CC TO WINSTON
SRI:RAPHAEL, CHANCES AT SRI ARE SLIM BECAUSE OF CUTBACKS
YALE:SCHANK IS OK. OTHERWISE NOTHING THERE  EXCEPT YALE.
USC (DOWNTOWN,I.E. OTHER THAN ISI): NOTHING THERE, DONT BOTHER
U.OF PA.: CANT THINK OF ANYTHING THERE EITHER.
CALTECH: HAS BEEN A LOSER OVER THE YEARS. MIGHT PICK UP SOMETIME,
BUT WHY SHOULD BE THE GUINEAPIG.
U.OF ILLINOIS: WRITE TO DAVE WALTZ. HE IS THE ONLY AI REPRESENTATIVE
THERE I THINK.
XEROX:LET CORDELL MAKE THE APPROPRIATE CONTACT FOR YOU. GOOD PLACE.
U.TEXAS/AUSTIN:MEDIUM-GOOD PLACE BUT A LITTLE NARROWLY FOCUSSED ON
ONE BRAND OF ME HANICAL THEOREM PROVING.
DUKE:DONT KNOW WHAT'S THERE
DITTO WEIZMAN INSTITUTE.
CORNELL: DONT BOTHER.TOTAL LOSS
UC BERKELEY: DONT BOTHER. ANOTHER TOTAL LOSS
UCLA: PROBABLY ANOTHER DISASTER SCENE. ONLY IGNORANCE KEEPS ME
FROM ASSERTING IT.
UCSD:MEDIUM-QUALITY PLACE BECAUSE OF DON NORMAN AND CENTER FOR
HUMAN INFORMATION PROCESSING. OTHERWISE COMPUTER SCIENCE SITUATION IS
OTOTALLY CONFUSED.
UC-IRVINE:PRETTY GOOD DEPARTMENT--AI IS WELL LOVED BECAUSE OF FRED TONGE
JULIAN FELDMAN AND ROB KLING (YOU KNOWW, FELDMAN OF COMPUTERS&THOUGHT?)
IBM YORKTOWN HEIGHTS: EXCELLENT COMPUTER SCIENCEE BUT HAS BEEN A LOSER
AS FAR AS AI IS CONCERNED THROUGHOUT RECENT HISTORY.
BBN: EXCELLENT PLACE, IN THE GROUP OF JOHN SEELEY BROWN. I KNOW HIM
FAIRLY WELL.
BELL LABS: TOTAL LOSS

THERE ARE NOTHER PLACES BUT YOU ALREADY HAVE FAR TOO MANY. WHAT IS IT YOU
WOULD LIKE TO DO. WHERE DO YOU WANT TO LIVE? ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS
AND WE CAN HOME IN ON A JOB FOR YOU.

ANOTHER PLACE: RAND CORPORATION IN SANTA MONICA CALIF. YOUNG BUT
UPCOMING COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPT. DON WATERMAN WENT THERE LAST AUGUST.
I CONSULT OFTEN FOR THEM.

IF YOU WANT MORE ADVICE, OR WANT TO DISCUSS ANY OR ALL OF THIS, CALL ME
EITHER AT 493-5618 OR 669-1236. DURING VACATION IS FINE...NO PROBLEM.

REGARDS, ED FEIGENBAUM
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