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My very first full-time job was to adapt a COTS ATM protocol stack to run on embedded devices to power a truck & satellite network. The deadline was 1 year to
by fatnoah 3y ago
My very first full-time job was to adapt a COTS ATM protocol stack to run on embedded devices to power a truck & satellite network. The deadline was 1 year to get the stack running on the hardware, and would be the first of 4 annual milestones related to the project. After about 6 months, I was mostly done the work when I found out that the project was moving to a single release at the 4 year mark.
Ok, not so bad, except that the scope of my task remained the same. The project and my role was funded by the customer for the 4 years, but my deliverable remained the same. My job was to literally do nothing while being available to debug things if needed.
- zelphirkalt 3y agoGreat time to spend on whatever you want to learn about.
- pjdesno 3y agoStarted my career on ATM. Good way to develop an enduring cynicism about industry hype.
- fatnoah 3y agoIt was actually my second gig working on that as well. The first was a college internship writing management software for a 14 slot switch w/75Gb backplane. The best feature of the software was the "suit" command, which restarted the boards in all 14 slots in sequence, which created a nice light show. We used it whenever someone in a suit showed up in the lab.