Experience Timeline
John Wolf
End of WWII is in its final stages.
1947: Transistor invented
1951: Korean War
1959-2014: COBOL in use
1965: Lived in American Samoa
1966: Lived in Misawa Japan
1969: Moon Landing (stood in LEM)
1975: PC introduced
1975: MITS Altair 8800
Met Dr. Ed Roberts at Altair factory
1978: Apple II
1978: Gates/Allen Sundowner Motel (Basic)
1980: C/PM and MSDOS
Worked as a design engineer
1971-2011: Bought original Macintosh
1971-2011: Seven Mars rovers dispatched
1973: C programming language
1974: Rubik's Cube
1980s: VisiCalc / 'Me Generation'
Worked as a Systems Engr
1991: Linux released as Open Source
1991: Python programming language
1992: Cell phone invented
1995: Java programming language
1995: Internet
1996: Nokia phone
2003: MySpace
2004: Facebook
2005: Retired - Maker Movement
2006: WikiLeaks
2006: Twitter
2007: iPhone
2010: Instagram
2011: IBM Watson
2015: Windows10
I retired in 2005 from Raytheon Company. Prior to that, I worked at General Dynamics and Texas Instruments. I did hardware design, oil exploration electronic outfitting, network design, and programming in general. Travelled internationally to practice engineering and installing equipment.
This website is meant to motivate you to pursue technical career goals while having fun. Engineering provides a path to see the world because every culture uses these services and is held together with technolgy.