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> I can't imagine government employment and software engineering culture ever meeting. In which case I suggest you read up on DARPA, CERN and Fraunhofer. And s
by jbarham 12y ago
> I can't imagine government employment and software engineering culture ever meeting.
In which case I suggest you read up on DARPA, CERN and Fraunhofer. And speaking of innovation, the Manhattan Project certainly produced some powerful technology, although IIRC not by "new kids in their dorm rooms".
- AndrewKemendo 12y agoFeynman was 24 when he joined the Manhattan project - right at the mid/lower end of what you would expect for a Google engineer.
- _mulder_ 12y agoThe question is though, where would he be working today? Government Sciences or Google/Tesla, et. al.?
- tomjen3 12y agoBut that was back when you needed a big company to do things and it was in a big crisis situation (ie WWII).