Kodak memories (was - Gibson EH-185 6J7 preamp version)

[bmccowan]

I saw your posts on the Kodak project - nice. I have a Filmosound in waiting, but have not run into a Kodak. That would be cool, as my uncle was head of the Kodachrome development team. Sound clips - I'll try, but I'm not that good a player. I'm away now escaping the heat, but when I return will work a tone stack into that amp, and then maybe experiment with a 6N7 PI like the original Gibson had.

[Tony Bones]

... my uncle was head of the Kodachrome development team.

My grandfather was a lead scientist on that project. They must have worked together.

Kodak was a different place back then.

[bmccowan]

Tony,
They must have. My Uncle was there right before and after WW2, then took a tour in the Korean War, and rejoined EK retiring in the mid eighties. Many in that group stayed friends after retirement and met every week for breakfast. My Aunt called them the Nerds!
And yes, EK was a much different place back then. Big company that really took care of their workforce.

[Tony Bones]

Grandpa started there in the 20's and retired in the late 60's. Stories I heard were that the group was close. I remember looking at photos of the team; your uncle was probably in them! (Don't know where the photos are now.) My grandparents had neighboring property on Canandaigua lake with one of his coworkers. They were good friends till the end.

The world seems small sometimes...

[bmccowan]

Yes it does. The Kodak crews were very tight. I am partners in a small energy efficiency engineering firm. We try to treat our staff like EK did prior to ther big slide. The result is people who make lifelong friendships. Why don't more companies learn this lesson? Kodachrome was a landmark development. The first slide film with saturated colors that held up over time. Until Fujichrome Velvia, it was the benchmark. Our kin knew WTF they were doing.

[shooter]

Why don't

That's a rabbit hole NOT worth lookin at 
once you get more than 3 rungs to the top Murphy's law usually becomes policy 

[Gnobuddy]

We try to treat our staff like EK did prior to ther big slide.
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Why don't more companies learn this lesson?

At my previous job, management's philosophy was pretty much "The floggings will cease when the morale improves." It was pretty evident that nobody there had ever bothered to learn even the littlest bit about how to be a good manager after they had been promoted to management from their previous positions.

At the job I had before that, a newly hired head honcho had a personality that was clearly narcissist / psychopath / machiavellian, something from the "dark triad". Everyone he hired was like himself, so pretty soon the organization was polluted from the top down. Working there went from being a fulfilling job and a life-long career to being a miserable place to be, with senior people literally counting the months to retirement, and others fleeing the sinking ship. I was one of the latter, leaving after fourteen years there.

-Gnobuddy

[shooter]

Everyone he hired was like himself

after out-sourcing and down-sizing I found out there are no 'ol skool "head-hunters" for the tech field, just internet.  I later found out (after complete failure to find ANYTHING close) that the company "questionnaires" on-line included philological profiles, you score close to your boss, you get a looky-see, otherwise digital void  resume' be damned

[murrayatuptown]

Tangential topics:

This caught my eye with the EH-185 and Kodak keywords.

I have had many photo questions answered by Rowland/Ron Mowrey a.k.a. Photo engineer online (hopefully spelled right).

Speaking of misspelling, if you change McCowan to McGowan, guitarist Sean McGowan (Colorado jazz professor/guitarist) got me interested in EH-150/185 connection to Charlie Christian.