Odd choice
From apcmag.com's interview with Craig Mundie
"APC: Since you are taking over half of Bill Gates' role and so a lot of people are going to be very interested in you as a person, can I ask a few things about you personally? What sort of stuff do you like to read and what are your personal interests?
Craig Mundie: I'll give you a two-part answer to that. One is the things I read tend to be things that support my hobby and interests, which include high end digital photography, digital home theatre and boating. So I spend -- what time I spend . largely digesting stuff in that space.
Admittedly though, since I work in the technical area, I don't read very many books. Almost none in fact.
The other thing is that I tend to be a person who likes to talk to people and my job and role at Microsoft for a long time has given me the opportunity in very many cases to be able to meet the people who write the books.
I really find that in many cases I enjoy the luxury of working with and talking to people about things that they ultimately write books about, that become quite popular, but I actually got the benefit of that from my interactions so didn't end up reading the books.
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Anyone else have a problem with his answer? I do. So, let me get this right. Craig Mundie, head honcho at Microsoft, doesn't in general, read, not even technical books? Not saying the man is dumb, he has a master's degree in information theory, and a master's in comp sci. But, if you run a fortune five hundred company, shouldn't you at least be caught up in the latest technical books? Websites alone don't cut it.
Just my two cents.
"APC: Since you are taking over half of Bill Gates' role and so a lot of people are going to be very interested in you as a person, can I ask a few things about you personally? What sort of stuff do you like to read and what are your personal interests?
Craig Mundie: I'll give you a two-part answer to that. One is the things I read tend to be things that support my hobby and interests, which include high end digital photography, digital home theatre and boating. So I spend -- what time I spend . largely digesting stuff in that space.
Admittedly though, since I work in the technical area, I don't read very many books. Almost none in fact.
The other thing is that I tend to be a person who likes to talk to people and my job and role at Microsoft for a long time has given me the opportunity in very many cases to be able to meet the people who write the books.
I really find that in many cases I enjoy the luxury of working with and talking to people about things that they ultimately write books about, that become quite popular, but I actually got the benefit of that from my interactions so didn't end up reading the books.
"
Anyone else have a problem with his answer? I do. So, let me get this right. Craig Mundie, head honcho at Microsoft, doesn't in general, read, not even technical books? Not saying the man is dumb, he has a master's degree in information theory, and a master's in comp sci. But, if you run a fortune five hundred company, shouldn't you at least be caught up in the latest technical books? Websites alone don't cut it.
Just my two cents.
