Comments on: For hire at the 'Times': Erudite engineers

Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas Friedman makes plea to MIT engineers to go work for The New York Times. But they have to read three newspapers a day.

[pabloparent]

I'd apply but...

What kind of self respecting engineer actually reads a newspaper? I
love the times but much prefer the RSS feed to all those dead trees.

[ewestby]

I assume Friedman meant ...

... an engineer who reads NYTimes.com and a few other newspaper
sites, not the dead trees version.

[cemptor]

I'd apply if it wasn't for the messenger

I'd apply if it wasn't a dishonest shill like Friedman asking.

Since when is reading NYT or 3 newspapers a definition of erudition? In my book it's reading and actually understanding multiple subjects and cultures and being open to new learning. Not reading superficial news stories...

Seriously, I can see the need for a paper to have engineers (or doctors, lawyers, or any other professionals) who understand technology or other things in the world to anaylze or report.

It would be very interesting for an engineer to work for a paper too.

All said, NYT is one of the best in the US.

[brundlefly76]

Desperate and funny

Hi! We dont know what the hell we're doing on the web despite trying forever, and purchasing About.com didnt really magically change that, so would some skilled engineers who do more newspaper reading then anyone else in the 21st century please come and fix us from the *product* side so we can catch up?

Because were almost like Google! :|

PS our technical web infrastructure hasnt been updated in 13 years.