Yup, I can relate - I started as a system hack, ported unix for a while, designed Mac plugin cards, graphics chips, CPUs, compilers, crypto for settop boxes, lo

Yup, I can relate - I started as a system hack, ported unix for a while, designed Mac plugin cards, graphics chips, CPUs, compilers, crypto for settop boxes, lots of embedded code, voip DSP flows, wireless, more CPUs .....