Close Encounters of the Nurd Kind

Passed randomly today in the halls at work:

Ray Tomlinson, who among other achievements proposed using ‘@’ as the name/address separator for e-mail.

“Mudge” Zatko, one of the former members of LØpht Heavy Industries, a hacker group in Boston.

It helps that company policy requires everyone to have their ID badges displayed…

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2 responses to “Close Encounters of the Nurd Kind”

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    grumpy_sysadmin

    But, the important part is, what are their official titles? (Bearing in mind that even got a business card that said first “Hacker” and, post-Mozilla, “Hacker Emeritus”…)

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  2. Nicolas Ward Avatar
    Nicolas Ward

    I believe that they are both Principal Scientists, which is the highest you can get in the mixed management/technical track.

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