2014-04-23 21:10 GMT+02:00 Dick Hollenbeck <d...@softplc.com>: > On 04/23/2014 01:18 PM, Jean-Paul Louis wrote: >> Dick, >> After seeing your website, I am amazed that you even had spare time to >> dedicate to Kicad, > > Prolific I suppose, especially a while back. I was blessed with a knack for > software. So > I won't take credit personally, just acknowledge God's gift.
Thinking of the contributions you have made, I definitely think you done a lot in a limited ammount of time and has been quite prolific as you describe it. > I had no software training in college, I am a Chemical Engineer. I started > a software > company in 1983 after reading only one book, Kernigan and Richie, a month > later. This was > 4 years after college. > > The crowning achievement in my career of course is what we've done for the > United States > Army Corp. of Engineers, and having been chosen for to retrofit the largest > power plant in > the U.S., the Grand Coulee Dam, and 10 additional of the larger power plants > in the U.S. > The Grand Coulee damn is the largest power plant in the U.S. of any > technology, including > coal, nuclear, gas, whatever. It's the largest. And my software runs the > whole plant. > > http://softplc.com/solutions/appstories/usace > > So how does a guy who had no software in college come into this position? > > This is a blessing, and is what can happen when one is *faithful*, dedicated > to continuous > learning, willing to go out on your own, and willing to take care of paying > customers. > (Accurately, I've been described as difficult to work with around here, but > KiCad users > are not paying customers. Paying customers, those we've been fanatical about > supporting. > We call it legendary technical support. I have an EE-Tech who has worked > for me for 26 > years, and there is simply no better support guy anywhere. We both bought > into that > religion in the 1990's.) > > Enough of the commercial, some may be sick of it already, sorry. I think it was interresting to hear your story. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
