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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Way back when in college a professor was telling us engineers that. You are the ones coming up with the ideas. Get some kid to figure out the code for you.

My first boss out of college had that attitude. Had some punk kid in junior high come in and work on making programs for our brand new Tandy’s.

The kid was learning how to fly and figured out the small airports had issues with scheduling, etc. He developed some software for them that included all sorts of stuff with regard to scheduling flights, training, billing, fuel, maintence, etc. (Those he came up with on his own).

I wonder if my old boss remembers his name? He was working on hooking up electrodes to his head to get the computer to respond to his thoughts. This was 30 years ago - I thought he was a bit nuts. A genius - but nuts too.


8 posted on 03/15/2015 12:40:17 AM PDT by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts It is happening again.)
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To: 21twelve

#8 Was it Bill Jobs? Steve Gates? : )


12 posted on 03/15/2015 5:56:32 AM PDT by minnesota_bound
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