On Sat, Oct 8, 2016 at 8:42 PM, Chuck Guzis <ccl...@sydex.com> wrote:
> On 10/08/2016 06:13 PM, TeoZ wrote: > > > > Everybody has something they do to chill out, some drink or jog, or > > play games. > > Certainly, but playing computer games after a hard day in front of the > number-cruncher seems like a terrible way to detox. > > [...] > I do recall that there was a small start-up that occupied part of the > lower floor of the "Prudential building' on Moffet Park Drive--we had > the upper floor as overflow from the main SVLOPS building. I think they > called themselves "Atari". A couple of us wandered into their offices > during lunchtime and asked about job opportunities. We were rebuffed > with a firm "no mainframe programmers wanted". > Apologies for saying this, but it almost sounds like to me that you are validating their "no mainframe programmers wanted" stance. ;)