Čitam super (serijalizovanu) knjigu Stivena Sinofskija, preporuka, i ima simpa anegdota o tome kako ga je Gejts regrutovao / ubedio da ne prihvati ponudu neke od državna bezbednost agencija.
“Hi, Steve, this is Bill Gates.”
“Hello. Thank you for calling, and so sorry for the confusion. I thought a friend of mine . . . ”
“So, David gave me this list of like ten people and I’m supposed to call all of them and convince them to work at Microsoft. You should come work at Microsoft. Do you have any questions?” (I always thought this was the best part of the call—him telling me he was just cranking through a list. Transparency.)
“I’m definitely excited and thinking about it. I don’t really have any questions.”
“Well, why haven’t you accepted yet? You have a good offer.”
“I’m considering other things. I have been really interested in government service.”
“Government? That’s for when you’re old and stupid.”
(No, really, he said that.)
Pretpostavljam da čovek mora biti vrlo samouveren u svakom smislu i da želi ljude koji će dobro reagovati na takav pitch. Podseća na ovo.