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why not, writers, politicians, celebs get honorary degrees from Harvard et al all the time
It's not about what you know, it's about who you know. In this particular case it's about who you are.... Sad but true
What a world we live in...
A company hires a celebrity as 'Product Engineer' just because he played Steve Jobs in a bad movie.
A company hires a celebrity as 'Product Engineer' just because he played Steve Jobs in a bad movie.
i would say software and services. iTunes, for all its lacking, is still a major piece of why folks go iOS
Where to start ...
Make sure you're consistent in listing product engineer in quotes wherever so referenced. In fact, any story from now on, I'd like to see him referenced as "product engineer" Ashton Kutcher. Hell, if you're going to get a made-up ******** title, at least make it good, "Product futurist and visionary, Ashton Kutcher." Sir Ive is likely spending sleepless nights sweating bullets knowing you're competing against him and Apple Kutcher.
I would have used infamously instead of famously in regards to him starring as Jobs.
Playing Jobs in a movie and respecting what he's done doesn't mean you have his touch or vision d00d. Stick to hocking cameras.
Make sure you're consistent in listing product engineer in quotes wherever so referenced. In fact, any story from now on, I'd like to see him referenced as "product engineer" Ashton Kutcher. Hell, if you're going to get a made-up ******** title, at least make it good, "Product futurist and visionary, Ashton Kutcher." Sir Ive is likely spending sleepless nights sweating bullets knowing you're competing against him and Apple Kutcher.
I would have used infamously instead of famously in regards to him starring as Jobs.
So what frequencies does this "subwoofer" go down to? I'm sure it produces bass that you'll feel in your chest, right? Why the **** would I do this instead of using a real TV/surround system if I had a number of friends with whom I wanted to watch a movie? For the pico projector to throw up a decent image, you'll need a good surface on which to project. So ... you're going to paint a screen on your wall? But wait, it's portable! So you'll paint a bunch of screens all over your house so you can move it around! Got it ...
Fixed it for you.
Playing Jobs in a movie and respecting what he's done doesn't mean you have his touch or vision d00d. Stick to hocking cameras.
Different market. I think this competes more with the Surface Pro 3. Projector is a brilliant idea, as long as "it just works". As someone else pointed out, those app icons are so damn similar to iOS 7 icons. They created an app called "Game Center HD" too!
For those of you saying the projector is stupid, I'll personally bet you if Apple created this, people would call it the best thing ever.
For those of you saying the projector is stupid, I'll personally bet you if Apple created this, people would call it the best thing ever.
I tried to watch that movie, Jobs, once. I don't think I made it 5 minutes and had to shut it off.
Curious if anyone can find out his salary for this "position" at whatever company that is.
Hilarious post and comments, but then again, competition is always good for the end-consumer, so feel free to compete.
Curious if anyone can find out his salary for this "position" at whatever company that is.
Hilarious post and comments, but then again, competition is always good for the end-consumer, so feel free to compete.
"And with the projector, users don't need to look for an HDMI cord or use AirPlay, because there's a "built-in 50-inch screen."
Yeah, using Airplay is so difficult and time consuming, it's much easier to move all the furniture and pictures from the walls and project a low res, low color saturated image onto your beige or darker painted wall. Perfect...I'm def getting one. Lower price is what matters anyway.
Yeah, using Airplay is so difficult and time consuming, it's much easier to move all the furniture and pictures from the walls and project a low res, low color saturated image onto your beige or darker painted wall. Perfect...I'm def getting one. Lower price is what matters anyway.
thats any celeb really, be famous enough and u get to "create" ur own products as in u sit in meetings and listen to what other people have to offer and how it would benefit u if u r willing to put ur name on it for money. "perfumes" "fashion line" as if those people have any clue about those things
So how did this putz become a product engineer? Oh wait, he's not.
Bad Actor, playing the part of a Bad Engineer.
Well you guys are wrong.
From the Wiki :
Early life[edit]
Ashton Kutcher was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Diane (Finnegan), a Procter & Gamble employee, and Larry M. Kutcher, a factory worker.[6][7] His father is of Czech descent and his mother is of Irish, German, and Czech ancestry.[8][9] Kutcher was raised in a "relatively conservative" Catholic family.[10] He has an older sister named Tausha and a fraternal twin brother named Michael, who had a heart transplant when the brothers were young children. Michael also has cerebral palsy and is a spokesperson for the advocacy organization Reaching for the Stars.[11] Michael's cardiomyopathy caused his home life to become increasingly stressful. He has stated that he "didn't want to come home and find more bad news about" his brother, and " kept myself so busy that I didn't allow myself to feel".[12] Kutcher stated that when he was 13, he contemplated committing suicide in order to save his brother's life with a heart transplant; when he told his father he was considering jumping from a Cedar Rapids hospital balcony, his father dissuaded him from doing so shortly before doctors announced that a transplant had become available from an accident victim in another state.[13]
Kutcher attended Washington High School in Cedar Rapids for his freshman year, before his family moved to Homestead, Iowa, where he attended Clear Creek Amana High School. During high school, he developed a passion for acting and appeared in school plays. However, Kutcher's home life worsened as his parents divorced when he was 16. During his senior year, he broke into his high school at midnight with his cousin in an attempt to steal money; he was arrested leaving the scene. Kutcher was convicted of third-degree burglary and sentenced to three years' probation and 180 hours of community service. Kutcher stated that although the experience "straightened him out", he lost his girlfriend and anticipated college scholarships, and he was ostracized at school and in his community.[14]
Kutcher enrolled at the University of Iowa in August 1996, where his planned major was biochemical engineering, motivated by the desire to find a cure for his brother's heart ailment.[7] At college, Kutcher was kicked out of his apartment for being too "noisy" and "wild".[15] Kutcher stated, "I thought I knew everything but I didn't have a clue. I was partying, and I woke up many mornings not knowing what I had done the night before. I played way too hard. I am amazed I am not dead."[16] To earn money for his tuition, Kutcher worked as a college summer hire in the cereal department for the General Mills plant in Cedar Rapids, and sometimes sold his blood.[17] During his time at UI he was approached by a model scout at a bar[18] called "The Airliner" in Iowa City and was recruited to enter the "Fresh Faces of Iowa" modeling competition. After placing first, he dropped out of college and won a trip to New York City to the International Modeling and Talent Association (IMTA) Convention. After his stay in New York City, Kutcher returned to Cedar Rapids, before relocating to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting.[15]
hehehe
Almost anyone can get into an engineering major and drop out, lol.
Are we really tying together the terms "Ashton Kutcher" and "Product Engineer"? Or "Engineer" of any kind?
I actually thought the same thing.
Just as a note, here in Texas you cannot legally call yourself an 'engineer' unless you actually have an engineering license from the state, which entails education, a rigorous test, and actual experience. Takes many years. That's why here we don't have software engineers. There is no engineering 'flavor,' for software. Just mechanical, electrical, civil, chemical and petroleum I believe.