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Here’s a few IBMers from my era… Famous people who worked for IBM include pioneering computer scientists, Nobel laureates, and industry leaders who shaped modern technology. Key figures include Turing Award winner Frances Allen, FORTRAN creator John Backus, and relational database inventor Edgar Codd. Other notable employees include Mark Dean (PC design) and Nobel laureates Gerd Binnig and Heinrich Röhrer. Key Technical & Scientific Figures Frances Allen: First woman to win the Turing Award, a giant in compiler optimization. John Backus: Developed Fortran, the first widely used high-level programming language. Edgar F. Codd: Invented the relational database model, foundation for SQL and modern database technology. Mark Dean: Engineered the IBM PC's Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) bus and led the team creating the first gigahertz chip. Benoit Mandelbrot: Mathematician who developed fractal geometry while working at IBM. Gerd Binnig & Heinrich Röhrer: Nobel Prize winners for inventing the scanning tunneling microscope. Chieko Asakawa: Renowned for developing accessibility technology, including the IBM Home Page Reader. Fred Brooks: Managed the development of the IBM System/360 and authored The Mythical Man-Month. Leadership & Business Leaders Thomas J. Watson Sr.: Transformed CTR into IBM, establishing the company's culture and dominance. Thomas J. Watson Jr.: Led IBM into the computer age with the System/360, dubbed the "greatest capitalist" by Fortune. Ginni Rometty: First female CEO of IBM. Lou Gerstner: CEO who led the massive turnaround of IBM in the 1990s. Notable Alumni (Worked at IBM, moved elsewhere) Marc Andreessen: Co-founder of Netscape. Ross Perot: Founded Electronic Data Systems (EDS) and Perot Systems. Gene Amdahl: Architect of the IBM System/360 who later founded Amdahl

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I may have mentioned this before....[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	18:28:39
>> You should have tried the IBM so called Aptitude test for Salesmen. 100 questions ... [more]	Denc 🗡	22:28:58
>> I did one for the Inland Revenue software people....[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	08:26:30
>> Bit taxing ?	Hamsterwheel	12:00:46
>> Indeed. I passed but got a better offer elsewhere.	Free Thinking Doggie	14:28:54
>> I've known a few salesmen... they all had one characteristic in common.....[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	08:25:29
>> Selling large scale computers is not quite the same as flogging second hand ... [more]	Denc 🗡	13:55:45
>> Here’s a few IBMers from my era…...[more]	Denc 🗡	14:14:45
>> These guys were in software sales, late 80s.. Some big piss ups.. I seem to ... [more]	Free Thinking Doggie	14:13:52
>> Software sales is nothing like the same thing.	Denc 🗡	14:16:28
>> As you may recall I did that with CSY a bit , though we sold a whole system	Denc 🗡	14:17:19
>> Selling a computer system in the 70s involved reorganizing the ... [more]	Denc 🗡	14:19:21
>> Audited an insurance brokers in about 1987 that still had a comp.	Hamsterwheel	14:28:02
>> Players first two 370 computers ( we often sold two for back up ... [more]	Denc 🗡	14:36:34
>> I was 27 when I sold them.	Denc 🗡	14:39:08
>> I devised a 50 question test for CSY. Hundreds sat it. Only 2 people got over 30 ... [more]	Denc 🗡	22:31:14
>> Of course, in an interview situation, it's interesting.	Free Thinking Doggie	21:59:47
>> easy!...[more]	🌞🤢	20:19:33
>> OK...[more]	Mike Mike	19:39:42
>> It's actually really interesting how we all have our own method, but arrive ... [more]	Free Thinking Doggie	21:38:09
>> I do it thus:...[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	19:08:18
>> In other words, I calculate the position in degrees of both hands, then subtract ... [more]	Free Thinking Doggie	08:56:23
>> .. and I got the job.	Free Thinking Doggie	19:10:40
>> For a laugh, I sent it to two old mates....[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	18:48:51
>> And that had what to do with the job?	Hamsterwheel	18:30:52
>> Problem solving....[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	18:46:25
>> 48 degrees ...[more]	Hamsterwheel	19:03:37
>> Nope....[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	19:04:06
>> As I said.	Hamsterwheel	19:11:38
>> You failed.	Free Thinking Doggie	19:14:25
>> I got 84 but swapped the digits as I stated to avoid givythe answer to ... [more]	Hamsterwheel	19:44:08
>> The answer btw is easier to work out than that but I have had a few gins, hic...[more]	Denc 🗡	23:04:40
>> It’s just 6 degrees for each minute between the hands.	Denc 🗡	02:06:55
>> In the interview, I just thought 12 into 60 = 5 .. from there ... [more]	Free Thinking Doggie	08:28:28
>> It’s just there’s 14 minutes between the hands x 6 = 84. ... [more]	Denc 🗡	13:46:14
>> How do you get the number 14?	Opisthocomus	14:02:39
>> Eh? The hour hand is at one minute to seven and the minute ... [more]	Denc 🗡	14:06:54
>> Can you do the calculation for 13 minutes to 7 in your head?	Opisthocomus	14:17:31
>> More complex because the hour hand would be at a ... [more]	Denc 🗡	14:23:58
>> That’s why 12 minutes to is easy.	Denc 🗡	14:24:33
>> Yes, it's why Graham used that number. Later after ... [more]	Free Thinking Doggie	14:38:30
>> But the hour hand would be one second before one ... [more]	Denc 🗡	14:31:17
>> We got some crazy answers.	Free Thinking Doggie	18:30:43

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