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I think I read computing history to live vicariously through the greats of our industry. Right at the end of high school I read "Revolution in the Valley" the s
by matthrtly 3y ago
I think I read computing history to live vicariously through the greats of our industry. Right at the end of high school I read "Revolution in the Valley" the story of the first Apple Macintosh and its amazing to think people not too different in job from myself accomplished something so revolutionary.
In my day job I spend my time adding components to a company's website. It pays my bills and keeps a (comfortable) roof over my daughter's head but I'm under no illusion that going this route will accomplish anything that puts a dent in the universe like these legends of industry.
- ghaff 3y agoIn fairness, you're seeing a lot of survivorship bias. A lot of money and years of people's lives went into building hardware and writing software that have largely sunk beneath the waves without a trace.