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A few of us were sitting around in the Computer Club office, and Steve comes in and asks us if we want jobs for the summer. So Tony, Jim, and I ended up workin
by scruzia 16y ago
A few of us were sitting around in the Computer Club office, and Steve comes in and asks us if we want jobs for the summer. So Tony, Jim, and I ended up working that summer on a weird research experiment, hooking computers up together. Part of what I did was writing test programs to make sure the computer could talk to this smaller computer, that knew how to talk to others of its kind.
The smaller computer was called an "IMP". The main one was the Sigma 7 at UCLA, host #1 on the ARPAnet. Steve was Steve Crocker, and other folks on the project included Jon Postel, Vint Cerf, and Prof. Leonard Kleinrock.
Last year, I got to mention to Vint Cerf in person, that we had last worked together some 40 or so years ago.
So, to answer some of your questions, 1- definitely underqualified. I was 16. 2- Lucky? No kidding. Right place at the right time.
- Tycho 16y agoNow that can't be bad for the CV: 'Helped design the internet' Or do you just put that down as 'experience of implementing robust, scalable, distributed computing solutions for both consumer and business clients in a challenging environment using diverse technologies, including SOAP and JSON' ;)
- spindritf 16y ago> No kidding. Right place at the right time. "Seventy percent of success in life is showing up." (attributed to Woody Allen)
- maxklein 16y agoI showed up at many bars many times in my life, still waiting for that success...