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At Microsoft the joke, which was funny but also pretty much true, is that when MS invents a new "top of the ladder" engineering title (Distinguished Engineer, F
by wrs 11y ago
At Microsoft the joke, which was funny but also pretty much true, is that when MS invents a new "top of the ladder" engineering title (Distinguished Engineer, Fellow, Senior Fellow, etc.), Dave Cutler always gets it first. His influence on Windows is huge. As just one example, there basically wouldn't be a 64-bit Windows if he hadn't personally forced it into existence.
- ryanburk 11y agothere is exactly one "senior technical fellow" at the company - davec. while is wasn't entirely a solo effort - folks like forrest foltz, landy wang, etc were involved - it was amazing coming in on a monday morning and seeing the email that said "sync your enlistments and rebuild, you'll see a new amd64 version" and 95% of the system was now building and running for x64. it was crazy.