I seriously considered applying for that job! I'm probably 30 years younger than anyone with real PDP-11 experience but I got a background in programming tiny

I seriously considered applying for that job! I'm probably 30 years younger than anyone with real PDP-11 experience but I got a background in programming tiny embedded systems, with some robotics. And I love computer history with a particular soft spot for the PDP-11. (I've got an LSI-11 in the basement somewhere.) But then I thought about it. Tracing race conditions in PDP-11 code all day seems like the surest way to kill all love for my hobby. Anyway, the PDP-11 wasn't really an OS but an architecture (like ARM or x86). The robotics software in question probably runs bare metal. It was very, very popular and will indeed remain around in pockets (in emulation) probably until the 22nd century. Ain't broke? Don't fix.