Zhang from foreign enterprises to the private enterprise?

In fact, the title of this article should be "about Zhang Job-hopping Baidu three kinds of views." Sogou CEO Wang Xiaoquan in the knowledge of the answer that this is the Internet company research and development model of software company research and development model of subversive victory; from the Microsoft inside the voice that is Zhang met the ceiling, do not jump to the ground to retire, and many media that this is the local technology companies for foreign enterprises victory.

And Zhang himself said, "mission achieved." Whose opinion do you think he will agree with?

Media: Foreign companies are no longer attractive

Beijing daily: More and more foreign executives in recent years have opted to enter domestic internet technology companies. Last year, Google's Android team number second, Hugo Barak came to Millet, this May, Baidu has introduced a well-known artificial intelligence expert Wunda. Wunda for Baidu Chief scientist, overall responsible for Baidu Research Institute. 2014 7th, Alibaba announced the appointment of the original Google spokesperson Jane Bonner as vice president of the Group, responsible for investor relations.

"First Financial daily": Zhang Farewell to Microsoft, multinationals are losing their appeal. Yesterday Millet Technology founder Lei has issued micro-blog said: "Congratulations to Zhang, also congratulate Baidu." Welcome more multinational Elite to join the domestic enterprises! "And behind this, many colleagues who have worked with Zhang in the research work of Microsoft, are now in the domestic major technology companies, in Tencent, Alibaba, millet and other companies to occupy senior positions." Among them, Zhanghongjiang left Microsoft in 2011 and turned to Jinshan Software as CEO.

Tencent Technology: Zhang resigned from Microsoft to join Baidu, the red carpet era curtain. Whether it is Zhang and Google (Weibo) Brain founder Wunda joined Baidu, former Google Greater China president Liu joined 360, or Google Global Vice President Hugobarra to join Millet, and the recent original Google investor Relations executive Jane-Bonner joined Alibaba, all clearly show a point, At present, the rapid development of Chinese and Chinese enterprises is allowing more foreign talents to return to domestic enterprises.

Wang Xiaoquan: The Triumph of internet research and development

Resignation, can be analyzed from a number of perspectives, such as rumors of Jack Ma said two standards: "1. The money is not enough; 2. Wronged", but also universal truth, put on the Zhang body as practical. When the universal truth is analyzed, it is not good enough to be targeted. What we need more is to see the trend through this case, see why it is him, why is this time to leave, why go to Baidu, which contains the opportunity and the inevitability of the trend.

A trend is that "this marks the disappearance of the red carpet of foreign companies", I do not agree with this, and even feel that there is no need to go into the scrutiny. Because Microsoft is not a business or Enterprise branch, itself does not bear the manufacturing and sales of the basic functions, do not set in the foreign companies to analyze.

Zhang's departure from Microsoft Research after "mission achieved" can be seen as a subversive triumph of the Internet research and development model over the corporate academic model. As we all know, the research of Microsoft Studies has the application level, but also has the partial foundation level, but this "foundation" also is compared with the university and the national Organization can do more foundation, therefore becomes "the sandwich layer".

The power of the Internet is the speed of the market strain, from the market demand launch product rapid iteration, driving behind the technology research quickly and flexibly, to Google as the representative of this technology research and product launch of the combination to the extreme. And the project of Microsoft Research will take 3-5 years to produce, especially the Asian Institute or the foreign countries, the decision-making efficiency is difficult to interact with the front-end products, will inevitably decline.

I have heard that the Asian Institute has also been involved in the search engine anti-spam filtering research, this and the front of the disjointed mode is not to play. Sogou and Tsinghua set up a "search technology Joint Laboratory", the agreed project cycle is one year, this is the Sogou can accept the on-line, but also with the school compromise results. The school thinks a study "without a three-year accumulation" is hard to do well.

I understand their thinking and mode, but also know that the research efficiency of the biased application layer can not adapt to the needs of the Internet market competition. Then we pull into the fiber-optic line into the school laboratory, as well as a joint study of engineers, although it is a one-year acceptance, every month or even weekly to sit together to discuss the project progress and understand the direction of research is biased, and whether there are partial results can be tested and into the practical, This rhythm I believe for Google, Baidu's research institutions are also necessary, but for Microsoft study is necessarily not feasible.

MSRA Zhao: Jump When you meet the ceiling

Basically is meets the ceiling, does not walk sits in Msard president's seat to wait for retires. When I was an intern, I heard that Lurkey or Shen Xiangyang will accept the vacancy left by Della (cloud computing and the VP of the corporate sector). Later, Shen Xiangyang promoted to vice president and Lurkey in charge of scientific research department, but now he is in charge of all software development. The two positions are lateral, only the Zhang position has not changed.

And the Chairman of the Asia-Pacific Research and Development Group is an administrative position, research and development mainly to the respective manager or VP reporting, the final software reported to Lurkey, research newspaper to Shen Xiangyang. The President of base is not a part of the system, just finance, personnel, logistics, administration, government and university relationships.

A lot of things do not need to read too much, people go is nothing but money not enough, position did not give in place and dry unhappy. Zhang to Baidu can only explain that Baidu give more money, better location, dry up will be happy, after all, Uncle Zhang went to Baidu is responsible for new business, almost is Shen Xiangyang in Microsoft's role, which also more in line with his own positioning.

(MSRA) change? Is it that many researchers, some leaders or senior researchers went to colleges and other businesses? MSRA from the establishment has been constantly rolling blood transfusion ah. Like my superior this 35-year-old is already the old seniority. Choose where to go is normal, after all MSRA mixed a long time after the basic also rise to the end, wages are not big.

Like I know a go to the NPC, a go to Shenzhen, open the condition is almost equal to MSRA treatment doubled, the Shenzhen University also introduced the object. And these people in MSRA also have to find a way to write papers, at least ACM, a year without one or two top magazine papers are embarrassed with colleagues a table to eat, went to the university a year out of a two sci can go home and wait to collect money.

Went to other companies, the basic is on the management hillock, holding a high salary. have gone to Siemens and then went to Huawei, now is five crossings to buy a mansion ... Basically older, do not want to do so tired, in the Msra save enough capital, and then the promotion and no expectations of the basic will jump. Because of their importance to these colleges and enterprises, more than Microsoft, natural treatment is very different, in addition, Microsoft is the industry's name of the low wages ...

Kai-Fu Lee was founded Msra when said good, MSRA in addition to Microsoft's basic research institutions, but also basically made China's successful computer-leading talent training base and foreign intermediary agencies.