> Why would this not in alignment w/ Google's aim for such a position?
Singularity University helps you meet people who can help you facilitate engineering feats, in the sense that more money helps you facilitate engineering feats. That's okay in my book.
But, you're not going to end up with a working knowledge of mechanical engineering or computational neuroscience by hanging out at the Singularity University lectures.
People are surprised about at how far "Director of Engineering" can skew in that direction, they aren't surprised that Google is interested in the future.
Singularity University helps you meet people who can help you facilitate engineering feats, in the sense that more money helps you facilitate engineering feats. That's okay in my book.
But, you're not going to end up with a working knowledge of mechanical engineering or computational neuroscience by hanging out at the Singularity University lectures.
People are surprised about at how far "Director of Engineering" can skew in that direction, they aren't surprised that Google is interested in the future.