So the most recent Microsoft High Performance Computing Summit was held near me, and I just signed up as a partner, I had nothing else scheduled, so I went.
The whole thing focused on parallel computing.
I used to work for a prominent organization that would benefit greatly from adaptation to a multithreading/distributed paradigm. The shift to a multithreaded paradigm has been of interest to me since...well around the time Amdah's law stopped working.
Attendance itself was free. Everyone I met there was from another geographical area, meaning they definitely had to fly there and stay there at the company's expense. So it was a bigger deal than just a "drop-in" kind of casual thing.
In one sense, in terms of level of establishment in the field, I was completely, I guess, overclassed. So in that sense I was basically in awe of some of these people, and wondering how one actually becomes what that person is.
In terms of understanding the concepts that we were talking about, I was right along with them, and definitely ahead of some of the people.
Have you ever found yourself in a situation where when you run into professionals in certain fields, you can totally hold your own (if not surpass some in insight), but if it came to paper credentials to back that up, there's nothing there to support it?
I mean things like fields of study are you hobby, not that you just happen to know.
For example, in addition to distributed computing, my hobbies include auto racing, aerodynamics, chemistry,and pharmacology.
The whole thing focused on parallel computing.
I used to work for a prominent organization that would benefit greatly from adaptation to a multithreading/distributed paradigm. The shift to a multithreaded paradigm has been of interest to me since...well around the time Amdah's law stopped working.
Attendance itself was free. Everyone I met there was from another geographical area, meaning they definitely had to fly there and stay there at the company's expense. So it was a bigger deal than just a "drop-in" kind of casual thing.
In one sense, in terms of level of establishment in the field, I was completely, I guess, overclassed. So in that sense I was basically in awe of some of these people, and wondering how one actually becomes what that person is.
In terms of understanding the concepts that we were talking about, I was right along with them, and definitely ahead of some of the people.
Have you ever found yourself in a situation where when you run into professionals in certain fields, you can totally hold your own (if not surpass some in insight), but if it came to paper credentials to back that up, there's nothing there to support it?
I mean things like fields of study are you hobby, not that you just happen to know.
For example, in addition to distributed computing, my hobbies include auto racing, aerodynamics, chemistry,and pharmacology.
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