After the layoffs, I became a tech godfather

Chapter 45: Confidentiality is the top priority for technology companies

Hao Cheng and a few others were discussing the next steps in the reception room over here, while at this time, the conference room over there was also bustling with activity.

After these days of recruitment, many job invitations have been sent out, and today is the first batch to come and sign the contract.

According to Hao Cheng's arrangement, more than half of the first batch of more than a dozen employees were computing center engineers and related server operation and maintenance personnel hired at high salaries.

The importance of these people is of course self-evident. Although they do not have access to the real core of model training, the timing and operation of the launch of various capabilities are also very important.

For any technology-based company, confidentiality is the top priority.

This is especially true for core technical personnel.

At this moment, the first lesson for technical personnel on the job is being conducted in the conference room: confidentiality training.

The "person" who taught them was a little special. There was a mobile phone propped up on the main seat.

"Let me introduce myself. My name is Xiaosha."

When the voice came out of the loudspeaker, everyone in the conference room was excited. Even their sitting postures became more straight and their eyes were all fixed on the mobile phone on the main seat of the conference table.

They all knew Xiaosha, and they had already had a deep understanding of Xiaosha's abilities. This was also the fundamental reason why they chose to come here - that is, there is a bright future ahead.

But when I actually sat here and listened to a cell phone talking to me, the shock in my heart rose again. It was completely different from the feeling of using Xiaosha with a cell phone by myself.

“Our company’s confidentiality levels are divided into three categories: secret, confidential, and top secret.

"For example, Xiaosha's software development ability has been upgraded to a professional level, and tomorrow the career system will launch software development-related careers. This information is classified as a secret. Disclosing secrets is a general violation.

"For example, Xiaosha plans to upgrade new capabilities, gesture recognition, and plans to have a new product, a large-scale model robot for children's cognitive assistance. This information is confidential. Disclosing confidential information is a serious violation of discipline. If it is used for profit or in serious circumstances, it may involve criminal offenses.

“All the company’s codes, algorithms and other technical cores are top secret. Of course, you don’t have access to top secret information at the moment.

"And leaking top-secret information is a crime, and it may even exceed the scope of job-related crimes, and even reach the level of leaking state secrets."

……

Xiaosha seems to be reading from a script, but in fact he covers all aspects.

Everyone knows that Xiaosha must be involved in the monitoring of relevant confidential information. This is different from humans - AI may not be powerful, but it rarely has omissions.

Everyone has ears, and this was probably the confidentiality training class they listened to most attentively.

Finally, Xiaosha also arranged: "I will send you a confidentiality agreement in a while. Please sign it after carefully checking it. Before you have access to the company's top-secret information, you will have a six-month non-compete period and 80% of your salary will be paid."

Non-compete clauses are the most hated thing by almost all senior technical personnel who leave their jobs, especially some companies that abuse non-compete agreements.

But when they heard that 80% of the salary would be paid, these people could only sigh in their hearts: Why is the non-competition period only half a year!
As if knowing what they were thinking, Xiaosha added: "We decided on half a year based on the speed of development of the company's current technology." What I mean is, apart from core elements such as algorithms, the situation of the company that you have now will be completely changed in half a year, and will no longer have any reference value to the market.

"Of course, employees who are exposed to the company's core technologies and algorithms will have a two-year non-compete period."

Hao Cheng did not expect to make a living for the rest of his life by just upgrading. He had to keep up with the research and development. Even he himself was constantly studying, researching and exploring the AI algorithms and training methods for micro-consciousness.

However, Hao Cheng has not yet figured out the path of independent research and development, and it is certainly not easy to find the kind of talent that can meet Hao Cheng's requirements. Moreover, how to deal with confidentiality issues also requires further design and improvement, so these things can only be put aside for now.

Therefore, at present, there are no plans for recruiting this type of talent.

……

"Okay, after signing the labor contract and various agreements, you can go back first. We need to wait for the insurance to take effect before we can officially start work. The time is next Tuesday, which is November 11th."

The speaker was a lady in her thirties named Peng Yue. She was a human resources manager recommended by a headhunter and had rich experience.

"Sister Peng!" When this was over, Hao Cheng had just seen off Gao Chenyu and He Gang and came up. When he saw Peng Yue, he called her directly.

"Boss Hao," Peng Yue turned around and said, "I have already arranged everything here. Do you have any other arrangements for the follow-up work?"

"Of course, your work will be the busiest next. The company is just starting out and is in a period of explosive expansion. You should first get the members of your department together. You can decide how many people you need.

"In addition to the previous recruitment plan, we also need to register a branch in Linjiang and arrange for relevant personnel. You may need to go on a short business trip at that time, so be prepared."

"Linjiang Branch? Are there any specific requirements?" Peng Yue asked. Staffing must also be determined according to demand. She needs to know what they are doing over there in order to determine the next work direction.

"The company's 1,000-calorie computing power center, obtained through an exchange with Huawei, is the core of our next computing power service."

Hao Cheng briefly explained the situation: "The handover will take place in about a week, and we need to register a branch company locally before that.

"The staff is still mainly composed of engineers from the computing center and related operation and maintenance personnel. The entire team is about 50 people. The relevant supporting facilities need to be confirmed by you and the administration."

“Okay, I’ve got that!” Peng Yue has been working in human resources for so many years, but this is the first time he has encountered a company with this situation. There are start-up companies, but there are really no companies that need such a large-scale recruitment right from the start.

All in all, the gap on these two sides is close to two hundred people, and most of them are senior technical personnel, such as senior engineers in the computing power center. There were not many of them in Linzhou in the past!
Moreover, start-up companies do not have a talent pool or anything like that, so they can only recruit urgently through major platforms and work with headhunting companies for recommendations.

"Oh, I almost forgot one important thing. We need to speed up the recruitment of tax personnel. We only have two young girls now, so we need to quickly recruit someone who can take on the responsibility."

Speaking of the exchange with Huawei, the AI service fees of one million mobile phones were exchanged for the equipment of the computing center. Neither party had to pay any money, and there was no income or expenditure. Originally, Hao Cheng thought that this did not involve tax issues.

Later, I asked Xiaosha and found out that taxes would also be generated in this situation. Even if no taxes were generated and the tax was zero, it still had to be reported and the process could not be skipped.

Moreover, although Xiaosha can calculate, it cannot do this job, so it still needs someone to do it.

(End of this chapter)