Whilst reading The Man Behind the Microchip: Robert Noyce and the Invention of Silicon Valley, I was struck by the casual glassblowing. For some reason I assume

Whilst reading The Man Behind the Microchip: Robert Noyce and the Invention of Silicon Valley, I was struck by the casual glassblowing. For some reason I assumed the machine-shop/engineer division of labor, but no. William Shockley was a glassblower. Gordon Moore was a glassblower. I wanna be a glassblower