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First job lessons: Seattle tech startup CEOs on what they learned from car washing, delivery, and more

GeekWire

I wrote device drivers for the IBM PC, as well as Apple Mac IIs and SEs.”. Device driver and E/PROM programmers are closest to the hardware, and that bottoms-up understanding how a computer operates — from booting to loading the OS, to launching apps and beyond — is still immensely valuable, even in the era of cloud and AI/machine learning!”.

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Your car is about to go open source

Galido

“We’re leveraging essentially an $11 billion investment already made in Linux by many other companies including IBM and Intel,” Streif said. “In the past, we’ve had generations of infotainment systems where we buy a piece of hardware and some proprietary software from a tier 1 supplier to the auto industry.

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List of the world’s top female futurists (Update #5)

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Grim’s experience includes holding senior positions at IBM, which saw her work on the space program software development team as well as develop skills in Corporate Strategy and international management. Faith Popcorn’s BrainReserve consults to Fortune 500 companies such as IBM, American Express, and Campbell’s Soup.

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