It really is astounding that Unix, it's bastard children Linux, iOs and Android are secondhand to Windows, which was written on the back of a napkin by a drunken dwarf masturbating in a dumpster believing he was summoning a demon.

How I heard it at least.

The greasy hair, turtleneck, dramatic snapping of the glasses, deafeningly loud keyboards, this video has it all.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mashey - Still around

John Mashey

>John R. Mashey (born 1946) is an American computer scientist, director and entrepreneur.

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And UNIX's successor, Plan 9 from Bell Labs, got barely any traction at all. Still has it's die-hard fans, though.

Windows 9x was written on the back of a napkin, but OS2/NT is legit.

What's crazy to think is that these programmers from the 1980's, laying the groundwork for the actual future of computing and the bedrock of all future programming, where paid about $60k in today's dollars.

Had these same guys been born 30 years later they'd be getting 10x that to do much easier work.

People like this change the world. They wouldn't be satisfied doing easier work.

“It’s a UNIX system!”

Second to Windows? You obviously do not work in IT. No one uses windows, its for end users to read facebook and play video games. Not for actual work. The backbone of internet runs on *nix, all your websites and games including reddit.

Fascinating.

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I only recently learned about Bell Labs. Still shocked at how much innovation came out of a single organization.

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I know this

it's crazy to think how much runs on containers inside virtualized linux instances that are running in hypervisors on hardware that also probably runs linux. years ago, people just installed the os and code straight onto a a server.

If they’re getting paid 60k to work on autonomous vehicles, it really says a lot about that employer. Sounds like labor exploitation

lol, I mean $600k, but yeah

Now that just sounds ridiculous. Usually engineers with experience make around $100-250k. Maybe it's $600k after stock options vest and are sold, but not as a salary (not on the average at least).

What company are you referring to? I assume not Tesla since their average salaries are much lower than that.

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Nice 😎

What was the average salary in US back then in 70-80s??? 600 a week??

Wow!1 11800 annual for 1975 (annual) (C) census.gov

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