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␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓βS␈↓∧ Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, California 94305
␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 	ISeptember 29, 1975




␈↓ ↓H␈↓V. Lumelsky
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Joint Distribution Committee
␈↓ ↓H␈↓viale Regina Margherita 83/D
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Rome 00187, Italy

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Mr. Lumelsky:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓I␈α⊂am␈α⊂sorry␈α⊂to␈α⊂have␈α⊂been␈α⊂so␈α⊂long␈α⊂in␈α⊃answering␈α⊂your␈α⊂letter.␈α⊂ I␈α⊂have␈α⊂been␈α⊂on␈α⊂trips␈α⊂and␈α⊃it␈α⊂was
␈↓ ↓H␈↓misplaced.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Our␈αlaboratory␈αhighers␈αpeople␈α
at␈αthe␈αPh.D.␈αlevel␈α
only␈αwhen␈αthey␈αhave␈α
done␈αresearch␈αin␈αwhich␈α
we
␈↓ ↓H␈↓have␈α
a␈α
direct␈α
interest␈α
and␈α
we␈α
are␈α
not␈α
active␈αin␈α
any␈α
of␈α
the␈α
areas␈α
you␈α
mention.␈α
 However,␈α
I␈αhave
␈↓ ↓H␈↓discussed␈αyour␈α
quali≡cations␈αwith␈α
several␈αpeople␈α
including␈αsome␈α
people␈αfrom␈α
companies␈αand␈α
while
␈↓ ↓H␈↓no␈α∩one␈α⊃was␈α∩willing␈α⊃to␈α∩make␈α⊃a␈α∩de≡nite␈α⊃promise,␈α∩the␈α⊃general␈α∩opinion␈α⊃was␈α∩that␈α⊃while␈α∩the␈α⊃job
␈↓ ↓H␈↓situation␈α∞is␈α∂tight,␈α∞your␈α∞quali≡cations␈α∂are␈α∞good␈α∞enough␈α∂so␈α∞that␈α∞you␈α∂would␈α∞be␈α∞able␈α∂to␈α∞≡nd␈α∂a␈α∞job
␈↓ ↓H␈↓programming␈α∃without␈α∃very␈α∃much␈α∃di≠culty␈α∃provided␈α∀you␈α∃were␈α∃willing␈α∃to␈α∃take␈α∃a␈α∃not␈α∀very
␈↓ ↓H␈↓interesting job while you waited for someting better to turn up.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓In general, it is di≠culty to get a job without being available for an interview.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sincerely,



␈↓ ↓H␈↓John McCarthy
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Director
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Professor of Computer Science