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The square footage of this building is double that of Meta's MPK 20/21 complex, and comparable to the entire Googleplex. It wasn't even headquarters for Bell L

The square footage of this building is double that of Meta's MPK 20/21 complex, and comparable to the entire Googleplex. It wasn't even headquarters for Bell Labs. A reminder....all glory is fleeting!

roflyear 4y ago
Maybe fleeting but the building is maintained and put to use. Maybe we can see some software companies come back to Holmdel? :)
googlryas 4y ago
SV seems to have a little more depth to it. Were there many other high tech companies in the Holmdel region back in the 80s, or was this a little island of the future in a land of farms and Springsteen?
- a-dub 4y ago
  > SV seems to have a little more depth to it. there would have been no need for silicon if it hadn't been for the things invented at bell labs.
  - googlryas 4y ago
    By depth I meant depth of the job market and community. As in, there is more than just one big employer, which is why I was asking if there were any other big tech companies in/near Holmdel than Bell
    - a-dub 4y ago
      oh. well i think if you had a job at bell labs, depth of job market wasn't a concern. as i understand it was in a class of its own.
walrus01 4y ago
all glory to the hypnotoad
blamazon 4y ago
"And on the pedestal, these words appear: My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
fatjokes 4y ago
The glory of discovery will echo through the ages. Radio astronomy was invented in the Holmdel Bell Labs. I remember reading a story of a scientist that had discovered a new element. He sprinkled it on his father's grave saying that it's half life of O(thousands) years would last longer than any other memorial be could build. Can't remember the guys name sadly.
emptyparadise 4y ago
Bell Labs is our industry's Roman Empire.
- FooBarBizBazz 4y ago
  DeepMind, OpenAI, and FAIR have done some cool stuff, but nobody's come close to matching the invention of the transistor. Also -- in terms of "empires" -- before Bell Telephone, you might be able to point to Edison's Menlo Park lab.

roflyear 4y ago

Maybe fleeting but the building is maintained and put to use. Maybe we can see some software companies come back to Holmdel? :)

googlryas 4y ago

SV seems to have a little more depth to it. Were there many other high tech companies in the Holmdel region back in the 80s, or was this a little island of the future in a land of farms and Springsteen?

a-dub 4y ago
> SV seems to have a little more depth to it. there would have been no need for silicon if it hadn't been for the things invented at bell labs.
- googlryas 4y ago
  By depth I meant depth of the job market and community. As in, there is more than just one big employer, which is why I was asking if there were any other big tech companies in/near Holmdel than Bell
  - a-dub 4y ago
    oh. well i think if you had a job at bell labs, depth of job market wasn't a concern. as i understand it was in a class of its own.

walrus01 4y ago

all glory to the hypnotoad

blamazon 4y ago

"And on the pedestal, these words appear: My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!"

fatjokes 4y ago

The glory of discovery will echo through the ages. Radio astronomy was invented in the Holmdel Bell Labs. I remember reading a story of a scientist that had discovered a new element. He sprinkled it on his father's grave saying that it's half life of O(thousands) years would last longer than any other memorial be could build. Can't remember the guys name sadly.

emptyparadise 4y ago

Bell Labs is our industry's Roman Empire.

FooBarBizBazz 4y ago
DeepMind, OpenAI, and FAIR have done some cool stuff, but nobody's come close to matching the invention of the transistor. Also -- in terms of "empires" -- before Bell Telephone, you might be able to point to Edison's Menlo Park lab.