While still in the early fifties, I am from the generation that has used punch cards punch tapes, manual entry of machine code with bit entry switches but also FORTRAN, APL, PL/1, mainframe databases, 390 assembler, SQL, 4th generation Languages, Basic, x86 assembler in device drivers for...
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While still in the early fifties, I am from the generation that has used punch cards punch tapes, manual entry of machine code with bit entry switches but also FORTRAN, APL, PL/1, mainframe databases, 390 assembler, SQL, 4th generation Languages, Basic, x86 assembler in device drivers for wireless LAN and network bridges coded in Object Oriented with C++ , also real time operating systems, Java, Perl, Rexx..... Long list, it sounds like being an old timer, but in fact all of this happened in less 30 years. Imagine try to get some business logic running on a few kilobytes today.Pragmatic architects have scars from experiences in doing wrong choices, but have learned and corrected from their errors. Errare humanum est, perseverare diabolicum.On the more formal bio I am an IBM Distinguished Engineer (executive level for technical ressources in IBM), World Wide chief architect of the SOA engagements delivered by the SOA Advanced Technology team. and I have been elected to the IBM Academy of Technology in 2003.I have been 25 years with IBM and before worked on Offshore rigs as a drilling engineer. Overall I have now been in 64 countries around the world, and when people ask me which countries I would prefer to live in, I answer by a preferred list of cities. Culture is often different per city.Some the cities I prefer are Nice, San Francisco, Sydney, Rio De Janeiro, Santiago de Chile, New York, Buenos Aires, London, Brussels, Copenhagen so you may notice I need to live by the sea or not far from the sea.You may want to look at more detail on the IBM academy of Technology http://www.ibm.com/ibm/academy/index.html and see a list of my patents on http://v3.espacenet.com/results?IA=marc+fiammante&sf=q&FIRST=1&CY=ep&LG=en&DB=EPODOC&st=IA&kw=marc+fiammante&Submit=SEARCH&=&=&=&=&=
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