http://www.wolframalpha.com/jobs/application.cgi

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Invisible wrote:
> http://www.wolframalpha.com/jobs/application.cgi

Well, did you?

-- 
~Mike

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Mike Raiford wrote:

> Well, did you?

Not yet. I'm working on it. ;-)

Although I have to feel... damn, there has got to me *a lot* of interest 
in this. I'm wondering how I make myself stand out as somebody who might 
actually be worth interviewing inamoungs the inevitable stampede of 
people who think this is a ticket to getting paid to set around all day 
playing with equations.

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"Our primary locations are Champaign, Boston, Chicago, and Oxford [...]"

Um, maybe a stupid question, but... is there more than one Oxford? (I've 
made this mistake with Cambridge a few times; apparently there's a 
Cambridge in America somewhere.)

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Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> "Our primary locations are Champaign, Boston, Chicago, and Oxford [...]"
>
> Um, maybe a stupid question, but... is there more than one Oxford? (I've
> made this mistake with Cambridge a few times; apparently there's a
> Cambridge in America somewhere.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_(disambiguation)

Take your pick ;-)

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>> "Our primary locations are Champaign, Boston, Chicago, and Oxford [...]"
>>
>> Um, maybe a stupid question, but... is there more than one Oxford? (I've
>> made this mistake with Cambridge a few times; apparently there's a
>> Cambridge in America somewhere.)
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_(disambiguation)
> 
> Take your pick ;-)

****.

Right. So it's pointless applying to them anyway, since they only reside 
in America. Cool.

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Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> >> "Our primary locations are Champaign, Boston, Chicago, and Oxford [...]"
> >>
> >> Um, maybe a stupid question, but... is there more than one Oxford? (I've
> >> made this mistake with Cambridge a few times; apparently there's a
> >> Cambridge in America somewhere.)
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_(disambiguation)
> >
> > Take your pick ;-)
>
> ****.
>
> Right. So it's pointless applying to them anyway, since they only reside
> in America. Cool.

Are you sure it's a US Oxford? If they had just one UK office, it might be
Oxford. It must say for certain somewhere on the website...

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>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_(disambiguation)
>>>
>>> Take your pick ;-)
>> ****.
>>
>> Right. So it's pointless applying to them anyway, since they only reside
>> in America. Cool.
> 
> Are you sure it's a US Oxford? If they had just one UK office, it might be
> Oxford. It must say for certain somewhere on the website...

Well, all the other locations listed are definitely in the USA. Seems 
logical that the final one would be as well. Unfortunately, there's no 
way to check.

I suppose I could apply to them anyway just for the pleasure of being 
rejected yet again...

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On 06/09/09 06:29, Invisible wrote:
> Well, all the other locations listed are definitely in the USA. Seems
> logical that the final one would be as well. Unfortunately, there's no
> way to check.

	Faulty induction.

	Also, there is no well known place called Oxford in the US. If they 
said Oxford without clarification, there's a good chance it's in the UK.

	But since you're going to argue:

http://wolfram.com/company/background.html

Locations: Champaign, IL (worldwide headquarters); Oxfordshire, UK 
(European headquarters); Tokyo, Japan (Asian headquarters); with 
additional locations in Cambridge, MA; Paris, France; etc.
	

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>> Well, all the other locations listed are definitely in the USA. Seems
>> logical that the final one would be as well. Unfortunately, there's no
>> way to check.
> 
>     Faulty induction.

I'd tend to say "insufficient information". In that case, you make a 
best guess.

>     Also, there is no well known place called Oxford in the US. If they 
> said Oxford without clarification, there's a good chance it's in the UK.

OK. I've seen "Cambridge" without qualification several times, when they 
actually meant Cambridge MA.

>     But since you're going to argue:
> 
> http://wolfram.com/company/background.html
> 
> Locations: Champaign, IL (worldwide headquarters); Oxfordshire, UK 
> (European headquarters); Tokyo, Japan (Asian headquarters); with 
> additional locations in Cambridge, MA; Paris, France; etc.

If you want to split hairs, that's Wolfram Research Inc., and I'm 
debating applying to Wolfram Alpha LLC - but it would seem completely 
plausible that these two companies share the same premises...

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