I was working in embedded, on an LTE base station and remote radio head, mind you, on a set of teams that comprised about 30-40 engineers in total, when Fabrice

I was working in embedded, on an LTE base station and remote radio head, mind you, on a set of teams that comprised about 30-40 engineers in total, when Fabrice released details about his software LTE/NR base station [0]. It was absolutely mind blowing to me. It is still absolutely mind blowing to me. The level of specialized knowledge that we had in-house to accomplish this work... We're talking about dozens of people who held advanced degrees, had decades of experience in the industry individually, let alone what we had combined, all of our knowledge of the standards, the various pieces of project/product management behind the work, all of these very talented software and hardware engineers... It's just truly something else to behold when you realize this one person exists who can do the highly specialized work of so many. IMHO, he stands alone where he exists in terms of his productivity and his immense knowledge. I hold a small smattering of engineers in high regard but he is leaps and bounds ahead of that pack. [0]: https://bellard.org/lte/ https://bellard.org/lte/