Loved this! Reading about life stories is among my favorite things.
As others have mentioned, massive amount of respect for sticking 45 years in tech. It looks like you took a thoughtful approach in your decisions, though I know it probably wasn't always like that.
It would be great to read more about your time collaborating with CERN. I've spent most of the last decade writing software for scientific research (still do), but at times I've felt a bit like an outsider. Their perspective is just so different than in the industry, at least in Europe.
Congrats for your retirement. You've definitely made it. And best of luck with that teaching position, your students would be so fortunate to have you.
There isn't much to tell about CERN. Fabio just used my CHSM software. We collaborated via e-mail. He suggested changes and I made some.
Many years later, someone from CERN contacted me about visiting CERN to give a course (or maybe talk?) about CHSM. CHSM is very well documented already, so I really couldn't think of what to talk about.
That aside, I asked them for $X to cover my airfare, hotel, time off work, plus a bit to make it worth my while and to endure a really long flight and hassle of getting there (and back); they didn't want to pay $X, so I didn't go.
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Loved this! Reading about life stories is among my favorite things.
As others have mentioned, massive amount of respect for sticking 45 years in tech. It looks like you took a thoughtful approach in your decisions, though I know it probably wasn't always like that.
It would be great to read more about your time collaborating with CERN. I've spent most of the last decade writing software for scientific research (still do), but at times I've felt a bit like an outsider. Their perspective is just so different than in the industry, at least in Europe.
Congrats for your retirement. You've definitely made it. And best of luck with that teaching position, your students would be so fortunate to have you.
There isn't much to tell about CERN. Fabio just used my CHSM software. We collaborated via e-mail. He suggested changes and I made some.
Many years later, someone from CERN contacted me about visiting CERN to give a course (or maybe talk?) about CHSM. CHSM is very well documented already, so I really couldn't think of what to talk about.
That aside, I asked them for $X to cover my airfare, hotel, time off work, plus a bit to make it worth my while and to endure a really long flight and hassle of getting there (and back); they didn't want to pay $X, so I didn't go.