Living Amongst the Wizards of Cray Research

Living Amongst the Wizards of Cray Research

Edward W. Barnard
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Table of Contents

Living Amongst the Wizards of Cray Research

  • Profile of the “Real Programmer”
    • A Debugging Skill
    • Coding Challenges
    • Fizz Buzz
    • Recursion
    • Whiteboard Interview
    • Insecurities
    • Profile Describing a Real Programmer
    • Track and Field
  • Think Like a Computer
    • Primary
    • Popular Electronics
    • Turing Tumble
    • Crypto
    • Flow
    • Journey Versus Destination
  • What Can the NSA Teach Us About Debugging?
    • Digital Computers
    • Intuition
    • Superpowers
  • Problem in a Box
    • Once More
    • Loud Whiteboards
    • Fitting the Problem Into a Box
    • Task Main Loop
  • Software Development
    • Vectorizing Software
    • Seymour’s Memo
    • On-Line Tape Software
  • My NSA Mug Shot
    • But Where…?
    • Safe Arrival
    • Round Tapes
    • Channel Extender
    • Horseshoes
    • Patterns in the Noise
    • Channel Commands
    • Spotting Weirdness
    • Expressing Expertise
  • It Was Nothing, They Said
    • Dash Pig
    • Leap Day
    • Y2K Bug
    • Perspective
    • The Wizards
    • Magnetic Tape
    • Deadline
    • Modern Legacy Code
  • Ducky Day
    • The Cray Style
    • Octal
    • Storytelling
  • The Transitive Property of Keeping Your Mouth Shut
    • Minnesota
    • Valley Girls
    • Transitive Property
    • 9-Track
    • One More Play
    • My Turn to Teach
    • Equality
  • The Veil
    • Initial Visit
    • Saudi Hospitality
    • Feast
  • Oil Across the Water
    • Revisionist History
    • Grapevine
    • Standard Oil
    • The Relationship
    • Video and References
  • Desert Shield
    • Eastern Province
    • Notary Public
  • Remembering “Scuzzy”
    • Pre-Release IBM Hardware
    • Software Division
  • Gate Keeping
    • Burnout
    • Gate Keeping
    • The Unix Guru
    • On the Shoulders of Giants
    • Dragon Wrangling
  • Imposter Syndrome
    • Imposter Syndrome
    • Different Way of Thinking
    • Software Training
    • Paying it Forward
    • Wizard Thinking
    • The Dark Side
    • Shoulders of Giants
    • The Gatekeeper
    • Prohibition-Era John Scarne
    • Resources
    • What Do You Hear?
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  • My NSA Mug Shot
  • But Where…?
  • Safe Arrival
  • Round Tapes
  • Channel Extender
  • Horseshoes
  • Patterns in the Noise
  • Channel Commands
  • Spotting Weirdness
  • Expressing Expertise