Interview with Derek Perez of NVidia - We need questions !! - Page 2

Max_87 · 14th Jun 2008, 06:23 AM

Nice Motoman!

Motoman · 14th Jun 2008, 02:09 PM

Well, if ya wanna play patty-cakes with a VIP, go ahead.

Me, I say go after 'em. When you sit down with an executive, try to actually find things out. Be assertive and investigative. You gotta be like Murphy Brown, not Miles Silverburg.

So you ask things like:

"Do you feel like Nvidia is firing on all cylinders? Is there any indication that ATI is making a move you aren't prepared to counter? Is there anything in the recent past where now you look at it and think, 'we should have done that better?'"

Mac Daddy · 14th Jun 2008, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Motoman

Well, if ya wanna play patty-cakes with a VIP, go ahead.

Me, I say go after 'em. When you sit down with an executive, try to actually find things out. Be assertive and investigative. You gotta be like Murphy Brown, not Miles Silverburg.

Any questions are welcome and I have no intentions of playing patty-cakes with Derek and I didn't 5 years ago when I did this either. I have my own questions I will be adding before the interview as well. Assertive and investigative are good but you must also have a professional approach with diplomacy or they will just brush you off.

Thanks for the excellent questions Motoman and the others tomorrow I will be organizing them

Motoman · 15th Jun 2008, 04:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Mac Daddy

Any questions are welcome and I have no intentions of playing patty-cakes with Derek and I didn't 5 years ago when I did this either. I have my own questions I will be adding before the interview as well. Assertive and investigative are good but you must also have a professional approach with diplomacy or they will just brush you off.

Exactly. I see too many people go up to a VIP and say something like "man, you guys really screwed the pooch on <x>, didn't ya?" instead of "I was wondering what your take is on how your company managed <x> now that it can be reviewed in hindsight?"

Hence my Murphy Brown reference. Maybe you didn't watch that show, or that episode, but there was this great episode where the regular reporters were on strike, and Miles was trying to conduct a "hard-hitting" interview with a VIP. Classicly lacking tact...

Mac Daddy · 15th Jun 2008, 08:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Motoman

Exactly. I see too many people go up to a VIP and say something like "man, you guys really screwed the pooch on <x>, didn't ya?" instead of "I was wondering what your take is on how your company managed <x> now that it can be reviewed in hindsight?"

Hence my Murphy Brown reference. Maybe you didn't watch that show, or that episode, but there was this great episode where the regular reporters were on strike, and Miles was trying to conduct a "hard-hitting" interview with a VIP. Classicly lacking tact...

Hee hee yes I did see that episode and know where you are coming from man. You have to know how to approach people and read them. Everyone is different and doing what I do you have to adjust to that .. make sense ?

BTW when I conduct this I will be naming the ARP members that submitted the questions I ask

Motoman · 15th Jun 2008, 12:13 PM

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BTW when I conduct this I will be naming the ARP members that submitted the questions I ask

[/QUOTE]

...all 3 of us? XD

"What is Nvidia's impression of the TechARP logo? Does it or does it not bear a striking resemblence to 2 eggs in a skillet? Mmmmm...eggs."

"Speaking of eggs, it has been demonstrated that both Intel and AMD chips can be used to cook eggs. This has not yet been demonstrated on Nvidia products, though. Do you feel that Nvidia is at a poultry-product deficit compared to your rivals? Is there anything you intend to do about this...or are you just going to chicken out?"

Oh, my. I kid, naturally. But seriously...it's eggs, right?

Motoman · 16th Jun 2008, 10:25 AM

<sound of crickets>

...Bueller? Bueller?

<note to self: no more egg jokes.>

Mac Daddy · 16th Jun 2008, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Motoman

<sound of crickets>

...Bueller? Bueller?

<note to self: no more egg jokes.>

Hee hee the egg joke was good

Well folks will be closing this off in the next few days I am emailing Derek before I leave for work to see what his schedule is like. So post them questions up

miahman · 17th Jun 2008, 01:01 AM

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Originally Posted by iModAMD

-When you will implement GDDR5 memory on your future cards?

wtf i only recently found out about DDR3 and then DDr4 is missing and the world is moving onto DDR5.

man i knew i shudn't have gone to space, damn!

Mac Daddy · 19th Jun 2008, 06:35 AM

I will be closing the questions off and sending them to Derek at around 7AM EST (12 hours from this post) so get those last minute ones in there

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Mac Daddy Pickin' Da Gitfiddle Join Date: 19 Nov 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 2,048 Reputation: 802 Rep Power: 12	I will be closing the questions off and sending them to Derek at around 7AM EST (12 hours from this post) so get those last minute ones in there __________________

14th Jun 2008, 02:09 PM	#12 (permalink)
Motoman Warming up Join Date: 13 Jan 2008 Posts: 75 Reputation: 62 Rep Power: 0	Well, if ya wanna play patty-cakes with a VIP, go ahead. Me, I say go after 'em. When you sit down with an executive, try to actually find things out. Be assertive and investigative. You gotta be like Murphy Brown, not Miles Silverburg. So you ask things like: "Do you feel like Nvidia is firing on all cylinders? Is there any indication that ATI is making a move you aren't prepared to counter? Is there anything in the recent past where now you look at it and think, 'we should have done that better?'"

15th Jun 2008, 12:13 PM	#16 (permalink)
Motoman Warming up Join Date: 13 Jan 2008 Posts: 75 Reputation: 62 Rep Power: 0	[quote= BTW when I conduct this I will be naming the ARP members that submitted the questions I ask [/QUOTE] ...all 3 of us? XD "What is Nvidia's impression of the TechARP logo? Does it or does it not bear a striking resemblence to 2 eggs in a skillet? Mmmmm...eggs." "Speaking of eggs, it has been demonstrated that both Intel and AMD chips can be used to cook eggs. This has not yet been demonstrated on Nvidia products, though. Do you feel that Nvidia is at a poultry-product deficit compared to your rivals? Is there anything you intend to do about this...or are you just going to chicken out?" Oh, my. I kid, naturally. But seriously...it's eggs, right?

16th Jun 2008, 10:25 AM	#17 (permalink)
Motoman Warming up Join Date: 13 Jan 2008 Posts: 75 Reputation: 62 Rep Power: 0	<sound of crickets> ...Bueller? Bueller? <note to self: no more egg jokes.>