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Holberger has noticed that there is almost no one in the basement involved in CPU design who is over 35. What happens to old CPU engineers? Holberger is 26 now,
by segmondy 8y ago
Holberger has noticed that there is almost no one in the basement involved in CPU design who is over 35. What happens to old CPU engineers? Holberger is 26 now, and though not exactly on his deathbed, he is curious about what a computer engineer does "afterward."
This was written in 1981 about late 70's in "Soul of a new Machine"
Nothing new.
- yborg 8y agoNot exactly the same thing. A 35 year old in 1981 would have entered college in 1964; "computer designer" would not have been a career path most people would have been familiar with. The entire field was relatively new, so it of course tended to trend younger. We tend to forget that virtually the entire history of our industry fits in one human lifetime.