ripples2288

I'm in Seattle, and there is a lot of work available and there are a number of staffing companies, especially in IT. However, there seems to be a real disconnect between what recruiters think a job entails, and what the hiring manager is looking for. Here are some questions related to that issue:

• Why do businesses generate such long and convoluted requirements for their positions, when they are really just looking for someone who can quickly adapt, onboard in a convenient timeframe and operate semi-autonomously?

• What is the most common X-factor omitted by managers and applicants?

• Are jobs morphing to match human requirements, or are humans compensating to meet job requirements? Can big-data assist in niche-matching position requirements with not only profiles, but personalities?

Hi guys, congratulations on your success. Let's get real for a second, the Microsoft Store is a joke compared to the Itunes Store and Google Play:

• What is it going to take to bring high quality apps and business into the MS App environments?

I love MS and have been working out of Redmond for some time now, even got a Windows OS phone recently, but the third party offerings are just tragic. What keeps big companies from transferring their product to America's most ubiquitous platform?

Cheers.

Hey Doc, I found this in the Journal of Neuroscience, about using invitro blasts of light that produced decreased depression and antisocial behavior in labrats. Are you (or NIMH) exploring this Men-In-Black like technology and research? http://www.jneurosci.org/content/30/48/16082.long

Edit: Referring to the fictional Neuralyzer used to erase memory.

Dr. Merzenich, thank you for not only breaking new, universally-relevant scientific ground but for giving hope to so many others that could only cling to what they believed was impossible before. My question:

• What potential does the Blue Brain team's findings of eleventh-dimensional structures within the brain hold for the future of neurology? Humanity in general?

Bonus question:

• What options do you think optogenetic research will yield in the next 10 years?