No. 228 looks to the future

Hearing that Ji Susu's money turned out to be a future correction, Wei Dongsheng couldn't help laughing: "A pure technical position really can't make money." ”

Although Dong Qinqin is clear about her straightforward desire to make money, her disappointment is clear at a glance.

Wei Dongsheng did not lie in order to appease Dong Qinqin, and his credibility as the chairman of the board of directors of the Spring and Autumn Search was far more precious than Dong Qinqin's mood.

It's also true that technical jobs are not profitable.

At the moment, it is very easy for purely technical jobs to get into the middle class, and it is very difficult to break through the middle class barrier and climb up again. Even senior technologists at the top of the food chain often fail to catch up with a small entrepreneur.

However, Wei Dongsheng guessed that Dong Qinqin's appetite should not be so big.

Wei Dongsheng introduced the ecology of technical positions in general: "The internal level of Spring and Autumn Search is divided into 9 levels, and the peak of pure technical positions generally stops at level 6 and 7, that is, the so-called P6 and P7 in the outside world. In 2009, the basic annual salary of P6 is about 540,000 yuan, and the basic annual salary of P7 is about 2.16 million yuan. Normally, the subsidy benefits are about twice the basic annual salary, and those who are particularly outstanding can get three times the basic annual salary. In other words, the upper limit of purely technical positions is about 6.5 million yuan. ”

In the spring and autumn search, I got the best P7 before I got an annual salary of 6.5 million yuan. Considering that the annual salary of 6.5 million yuan is pre-tax income, there is also an expensive personal income tax. If the driving force is to make money, such a result will certainly not be satisfactory. However, as Wei Dongsheng guessed, Dongqinqin's appetite was not yet big enough to have an annual salary of more than 100 million, and when she heard that the P6 basic annual salary was 540,000 yuan, her eyes suddenly lit up: "What is the highest level that the search R&D department can be promoted?" ”

Wei Dongsheng gave a simple answer: "Generally speaking, the technical director of the department is P8, the person in charge of the large project is P7, the key member of the large project is P6, the person in charge of the small project is P5, the key member of the small project is P4, P3 is the grassroots, P2 is the new regular employee, and P1 is the intern, part-time employee, and temporary worker. ”

Dong Qinqin seems to understand the internal mechanism of the Spring and Autumn Search.

Dong Qinqin has confidence in herself, and feels that she will definitely have the hope of climbing to the backbone of big projects in three or five years, and the basic annual salary of 540,000 yuan for P6 has made her very satisfied. In fact, Dongqinqin's self-positioning is a comprehensive annual salary of 300,000 yuan in a few years, and P5's basic annual salary of 210,000 yuan is worth her staying in the search research and development department of Spring and Autumn Search.

Different from Dong Qinqin, Deng Yu is more curious about the focus of Spring and Autumn Search: "Natural language processing NLP is the core technology of search engines, why doesn't it belong to the search R&D department?" ”

Wei Dongsheng explained slightly: "It is precisely because it is important that it is precipitated. Well, within a few days, the Spring and Autumn Translation, which was coordinated and developed by the Natural Language Processing Department, will usher in a major version update. Perhaps, it will be a technological revolution that will shake the world. ”

Deng Yu was surprised: "Huh? ”

Ji Susu and Dong Qinqin were also very surprised.

At the beginning of 2008, the major version of Spring and Autumn Translation was updated, and the speech recognition function was launched, and the Chinese-English translation mode was switched, and the spoken Mandarin was translated into English in real time. At the beginning of 2009, the major version of Spring and Autumn Translation was updated, and the joint Sapientia_3 launched the lens translation, which pointed the camera at the English page and gave instant reference translation. These two functions are good, but they are not technological revolutions. This major version update was actually called a technological revolution by Wei Dongsheng, isn't it ten times more powerful than speech recognition and lens translation? ”

Wei Dongsheng didn't give an answer on the spot: "Let's wait a few days." ”

Dong Qinqin and Deng Yu are Ji Susu's classmates and friends, but they are not Wei Dongsheng's classmates and friends. After talking about career development planning, the development prospects of Spring and Autumn Search, and the talent policy of Spring and Autumn Search, Wei Dongsheng asked Deng Yu and Dong Qinqin, who came from afar, to send Deng Yu and Dong Qinqin to the Search R&D Department and the Natural Language Processing Department respectively.

Only Ji Susu and Wei Dongsheng were left in the reception room.

Ji Susu watched Dong Qinqin and Deng Yu leave, and proposed: "You still have something to do, I'll go to the Artificial Intelligence Department first." ”

Wei Dongsheng: "Wait a minute." ”

Ji Susu turned her eyes to Wei Dongsheng and waited for Wei Dongsheng to speak.

Wei Dongsheng pondered his words for a while and asked, "Why did you choose the Artificial Intelligence Department?" ”

Ji Susu thought for a while, and a look of abrupt recollection appeared on her cheeks: "Do you remember SARS in 2003?" ”

Wei Dongsheng nodded: "Remember." ”

Ji Susu: "Before and after SARS, you stayed in school, and that was the longest time you stayed in school. One day in physical education class, you, me, and Wei Manman sat on the lawn of the football field and chatted. At that time, there was no Spring and Autumn Search, and there was no Spring and Autumn Network...... No, there is no "Spring and Autumn of the Ten Kingdoms". Everyone doesn't understand your ideals, doesn't understand your career, and doesn't understand your choices, and they are chattering, wondering, and questioning why you often take leave for a long time to leave school. I don't know if it's me, Wei Manman or someone else, and suddenly repeats the topic again. ”

Wei Dongsheng thought about it, shook his head and smiled, "I can't remember." ”

Ji Susu smiled: "I remember it very clearly." ”

Ji Susu continued to recall: "That day, everyone asked you why you took a long time off, but you asked us why we were studying. I clearly remember Wei Manman's answer, yes, what can you do if you don't study? At that time, the social environment of the small county town of Wuping was that those who dropped out of school were 'bad boys' with no future, and the future was bleak; most of the good children stayed in school and followed the crowd to study and go to university. Everyone doesn't understand what college is, but because of the teaching of parents and teachers, they are ignorant and believe that it is a road that must be taken. Because there is no other way to go, everyone can only go to high school and college step by step, which is Wei Manman's cognition at that time, and it is also my cognition at that time. ”

"You gave a very different answer."

"You say, reading has two functions."

"One is the result of the development of peer associations, diplomas and ancillary job search privileges, and so on. Meticulously down to each individual, the ability and achievement of primary school dropouts are more likely to exceed those of doctoral graduates from well-known universities. Such examples are not uncommon. But loosely grouped, the average ability and average achievement of primary school dropouts are far less than those of doctoral graduates from well-known universities. The educational restrictions of the recruiting unit are not for individuals, but for the whole group. Affected by the overall level of the primary school dropout group, the self-learner desperately tries to improve his ability to the level of a doctoral graduate, and he often does not get the treatment that a doctoral graduate can get. This is discrimination against groups. From primary school to middle school, junior college to two, and one to C9, in addition to the improvement of ability, it is also a small increase in class. ”

The second is the pursuit and mastery of knowledge. The reason why the group of PhD graduates is more reliable than the group of primary school dropouts is because of the amount of knowledge they have. In terms of specific knowledge, it can be simply divided into knowledge of using tools and knowledge of making tools. In the case of automobiles, for example, a driver's license examines the ability to use tools; What an automobile manufacturer needs is the ability to manufacture tools. All in all, the more knowledge you have, the higher your true value. Some of the primary school dropouts have far more abilities and achievements than doctoral graduates from well-known universities, and it is also because they continue their studies at this university and eventually acquire a much greater amount of knowledge than doctoral graduates. The nouveau riche is no exception, because asset management and asset appreciation are also a kind of knowledge; Social sciences, such as dealing with people and communicating with each other, are also knowledge. ”

"Therefore, a diploma is an appearance, and the core value is still the amount of knowledge or professional knowledge."

Wei Dongsheng said: "I forgot all this. ”

Ji Susu smiled: "At that time, Wei Manman and I didn't understand or understand, and after the physical education class ended, I complained in private that you were so verbose. ”

Wei Dongsheng also smiled.

Ji Susu continued: "Although I didn't understand, I remembered it in my heart. ”

"From 2003 to 2009, I slowly understood your theory of knowledge: knowledge makes tools, and tools lead to increased productivity. The reason why the Internet is full of promise is that it reduces the distance between people, and I can communicate with netizens in Africa and the Americas at a very low cost. The reason why the Internet is unpredictable, one moment the portal is strong, the other time the online game is strong, the other time the e-commerce is strong, and the other time the mobile Internet is strong, this is because it is not yet mature. Like the steam engine that started the Industrial Revolution, people initially thought that it could only be used to dig coal, but later it became clear that it was needed directly or indirectly in all walks of life. ”

"On a longer time scale, the Internet revolution is far from over, portals are not the end of the Internet, e-commerce is not the end of the Internet, instant messaging is not the end of the Internet, and search engines are not the end of the Internet. The fact is that although Spring and Autumn Search and Google Search are booming, their country is not stable. In another 20 or 30 years, search engines may become a historical term. ”

When Wei Dongsheng heard this, he became interested: "What do you think will replace the search engine?" ”

Ji Susu shook his head: "I don't know, but I know that it will never be prosperous forever." ”

Wei Dongsheng understood.

Ji Susu's mentality is not unusual. In fact, this is the anxiety of all Internet companies in the future: I don't know who will be the new king, but I know very well that today's king will eventually come to an end.

Wei Dongsheng asked Ji Susu's opinion: "How do you think the Spring and Autumn Search should face the crisis?" ”

Ji Susu did not excuse herself this time and said that she didn't know, but decisively gave her answer: "There are two ways." ”

Wei Dongsheng: "Tell me." ”

Ji Susu: "The first way is to cast a wide net, use the first-mover advantage and capital advantage of Spring and Autumn Search, and participate in emerging industries in a timely manner like angel investment." Just like Yahoo, although its market value has shrunk and its stock price is sluggish, its strategic gain of investing $1 billion in Alibaba four years ago is very much worth looking forward to. Of course, capital does not necessarily buy the future. Since 2009, the relationship between Yahoo and Alibaba has become increasingly strained, and the new restructuring plan announced by Alibaba Group a few days ago for the Yahoo business in China must be another serious setback for Yahoo to control Alibaba. If Spring and Autumn Search fails repeatedly like Yahoo, the previous strategic investment may also be anti-customer-oriented like Alibaba, and its role will be very limited. ”

Wei Dongsheng asked: "What about the second way?" ”