Since it’s Friday, I’ll blog about something other than Autodesk Forge (which, is by the way, a set of APIs and supporting materials where our customers and partners, among other things, can showcase their 3D data to their customers).
When I was very young, my brother (who is 9 years older) got a pair of Adidas athletic shoes. I thought that they were so cool because they were leather. I wanted a pair, but my parents said no because they cost $25. I was told that I could get a pair when my feet stopped growing.I think I got my first pair when I was 15 years old, and stayed with that brand for many years. I was taught to pay attention to what shoes cost at an early age.
In 1987, I worked at GTE Telecommunication Systems. We developed software for a special purpose computer, the GTD-5 telephone switch, that routed phone calls for the GTE Telephone companies. It provided features like call waiting, call forwarding, and distinctive ringing. GTE had an intramural…