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My father-in-law retired at 75. He was writing firmware for Perkin Elmer chip steppers. I've seen his code, it was pretty nice stuff. One guy I met was 65 and
by kabdib 13y ago
My father-in-law retired at 75. He was writing firmware for Perkin Elmer chip steppers. I've seen his code, it was pretty nice stuff.
One guy I met was 65 and about to start up another company. He was sharp and definitely knew what he was doing.
The group I was in at Microsoft (Xbox) had David Cutler in it; I think he had just turned 70. I didn't work with him closely, but he was definitely prolific (also more than a bit controversial, politically, at MS, but he had mellowed out quite a bit when I met him).
I'm 53 and have high hopes. :-)
- Joeri 13y agoI don't know how much of it is true, but if even half of the anecdotes in Showstoppers are true then Dave Cutler is indeed a force of nature to be reckoned with. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0759285780?pc_redir=1396671731&robot_redir=1 http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0759285780?pc_redir=1396671731...
- wglb 13y agoFew of us have written one os, but he has written or been the main force behind THREE.
- vram22 13y agoI had read the book "Inside Windows NT" some years ago (when NT was current). It was interesting. It said that Dave Cutler was the main designer/creator of NT and had worked on VMS (IIRC) before that, at DEC. https://www.google.co.in/search?q=book+%22Inside+Windows+NT https://www.google.co.in/search?q=book+%22Inside+Windows+NT http://books.google.co.in/books/about/Inside_Windows_NT.html http://books.google.co.in/books/about/Inside_Windows_NT.html Also: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-in/sysinternals/bb963901.aspx http://technet.microsoft.com/en-in/sysinternals/bb963901.asp... See "History of the book" section at the link above.