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Re:Ask HN: Am I the longest-serving programmer – 57 years an... by oh_sigh on Saturday May 30, 2020 @11:22PM (#23366897)
Could you talk more about what you remember from your time at Mitchell Engineering Company? You worked on order processing and fulfillment...what was lacking in their process that they wanted to computerize? Was your project deemed a business success? Were you happy while you were working on it? Was it just you or a team?
Re:Ask HN: Am I the longest-serving programmer – 57 years an... by genedangelo on Saturday May 30, 2020 @11:58PM (#23367062)
Just briefly, then I have to hit the sack - I'm on the east coast. I developed a set of programs to allow them to map out the design of a steel building, and my programs would calculate all the pieces they need to load on the truck to build it. Mitchell was very progressive in this area - this type of computerization enabled them to have the building up in record time. A Civil Engineer worked with me and used the computer to design the main support beams. Between the two of us the entire process was automated.