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My first compiler (still in use) was for the Burroughs B6500 mainframe in 1970. During my brief and inglorious college career I did not take a CS class. In fact
by igodard 13y ago
My first compiler (still in use) was for the Burroughs B6500 mainframe in 1970. During my brief and inglorious college career I did not take a CS class. In fact, there were no CS classes. The college didn't even own a computer. Yes, there were such times, in living memory, hard as it may be to imagine.
These days you need a union card (i.e. a CS degree) to get a job. That's a shame. I've been refused a university position for lack of a PhD - to teach a subject that I largely invented. There's something wrong with that.
We have no such requirements on the Mill team.
- DSingularity 13y agoIndeed there is something wrong here. I am sure it isn't easy to identify those with scholarly authority. Sad to see that they are missing it. That being said, you are still having scholarly impact! Your talks have taught me to question all my fundamental assumptions when it comes to architecture, compilers, and computing! I love following your peoples work, and I can't wait to see its product!
- MBlume 13y ago>These days you need a union card (i.e. a CS degree) to get a job. That's a shame. I've been refused a university position for lack of a PhD - to teach a subject that I largely invented. There's something wrong with that. My only degree is in physics and my career has yet to be harmed by this
- belovedeagle 13y agoSpeaking of the Mill team, now that Mill Computing is exiting stealth mode, will there be any positions available for recent grads in the next few months/years? Say, someone with several years serious internship experience in (of all things) working on software teams alongside CPU development teams? (not really sure of a shorter way to state that... someone who spends a lot of time single-stepping assembly? ;))