I worked at Boeing as well with a few guys that had been programming since the 60's. They did a pretty good job of walling us off from the rest of the company

I worked at Boeing as well with a few guys that had been programming since the 60's. They did a pretty good job of walling us off from the rest of the company so we could get things done ourselves. We ran everything. Version control, Jenkins, our computer lab, etc. It was great, but the best part was getting to pick the brains of people who'd been in it for 40 years. Them being in the missile warning field, they witnessed, up close, communication networks and related technologies grow from the beginning.