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I remember one of my favorite things about being an intern at Microsoft was finding people who had been around for a while and had fascinating stories. One pers
by matthewfcarlson 6y ago
I remember one of my favorite things about being an intern at Microsoft was finding people who had been around for a while and had fascinating stories. One person I talked to had a dreamcast on a shelf in their office and I asked why and they explained they ported the graphics stack for the dreamcast. I was a little blown away at the time but it served as a good reminder that the amazing gadgets and gizmos we use every day are built by quite normal people.
- davb 6y agoI love these sorts of computing history anecdotes. Stories about the work people do or have done in the past, the companies... the daily slice of life stuff. It’s an oral history of a culture that sincerely hope we don’t lose.
- mhh__ 6y agoThis is the same reason why I love to see a long form "We did x because y" document in any project on GitHub.