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In article <1b39ajINNdub@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> isbell@cats.ucsc.edu (Art Isbell)  
writes:
> 
> In article <5361@rosie.NeXT.COM> Bob_Beckwith@NeXT.COM (Bob Beckwith) writes:
> >Bob_Beckwith@NeXT.COM
> >Digital Hardware Engineering
>  ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^
> >NeXT Computer, Inc.
> >900 Chesapeake Drive
> >Redwood City, CA 94063 USA
> 
> 
> Since we've got you on the line, Bob, what's a day of work in your life like?

  I imagine it's not much different than anyone else's. I get up, shower, etc.,  
I go to work, I work for a while, I go home, I go to sleep, repeat. Every once  
in a while I find I need to grab a little nourishment.

  That may be a bit understated :-), but it is a fairly close approximation to  
reality.

  There are, of course, lots of fun things going on, most of which I can't talk  
about here, but they do serve to add a little diversity (and excitement) every  
now and then. A few of these that I can mention are things like getting to meet  
really interesting people who are doing really cool things with NextStep, and  
getting invited to their intro parties and various other functions. It's also a  
lot of fun to give demos to people (but that's something you can do even if you  
don't work here).

  The people here are good, and a lot of fun to work with. The work itself is a  
challenge, but can be very rewarding, and every once in a while it gets a  
little frustrating (sound familiar?).

> I mean, when you look around the lab, what kinds of equipment do you see?

  Not too surprisingly, almost all the systems are NeXT :-). There are also a  
few oscilloscopes, about a half dozen logic analyzers, a couple of signal  
generators, a prom blower, a rack full of video gear and a pretty decent stereo  
system (occasionally played at extremely loud levels after (almost) everyone's  
gone home).

> It's always interesting for us in netland to be able to sense and feel what 
> it must be like over there in Redwood City.

  I think NextWorld did a story (or two) on this a while back (I recall a  
picture of a bunch of hardware managers sitting on the stairs, and also a few  
lab shots). From what I remember, it was pretty good writeup (i.e. about as  
good as you could get, short of another "Soul Of A New Machine").

> Got any hardware you'd like to talk about ?-) :-)

  I've got some hardware I'd love to talk about, but unfortunately, right now I  
can't (if I want to keep working here :-). Maybe at some point down the road...  
(please don't ask me when that might be, I can't answer that one either).

  Sorry if I haven't answered all your questions for you. I tried! :-)

  --Bob

Bob_Beckwith@NeXT.COM
Digital Hardware Engineering
NeXT Computer, Inc.
900 Chesapeake Drive
Redwood City, CA 94063 USA