Would you hire many people 33-years-old?
Is that a little old for your industry?
Well, we'll hire people at any age
as long as they're super energetic and
they want to make personal
computers easier to use.
We end up hiring mostly people right
out of college or business school.
And they don't need
a lot of training?
They are ready to to be
brilliant from the word "Go"?
No. They need to be smart before they come
in and we give them a lot of training on the job.
We put them right to work, but no,
we don't expect that they know a lot
about it before they get there.
Is there a connection between creativity and the natural beauty of Seattle? Is that why you're here?
Well, not really. I grew up in Seattle,
so as soon as my company had over
20 people, I decided to
move it back here. And
it was sort of a decision of whether
to be down in California, in Silicon
Valley, where a lot of things happen, but
the rumor mill makes it hard to
keep secrets and employees switch from
company to company, or being up
here where we're able to keep our secrets
and, you know, be really on our
own. It's been fantastic to be here,
I mean, Seattle is a great place.
When it's raining, people work hard.
When it's nice, there's lots of
things for people to do.
