One of the better software and systems engineers I've worked with grew up working mines in West Virginia and Western Virginia. After retiring after 25 years as a foreman, he went to school and ended up with a PhD in some area of C.S.
Wanting to get his hands dirty, he ended up building several major systems for the U.S. military. He said the parallels of operating machinery, safely, in dangerous environments struck him almost every day.
Wanting to get his hands dirty, he ended up building several major systems for the U.S. military. He said the parallels of operating machinery, safely, in dangerous environments struck him almost every day.