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> "Imagine being a 1950s “human calculator” on the dawn of a computer revolution. That’s what it feels like right now." My personal / family history is a real-
by chrisweekly 12d ago
> "Imagine being a 1950s “human calculator” on the dawn of a computer revolution. That’s what it feels like right now."
My personal / family history is a real-world example of that evolution. My grandfather was a "computer", my father was a traditional "programmer" (lots of Perl), and I'm a SWE / frontend architect / budding "AI Engineer".