Never Hurts to Ask—How I Got to Work at Bell Labs

As with all college students nearing their graduation date, the matter of finding my first full time job became part of my daily routine. However, in the Spring term of 1984, I took a chance during an interview; this chance turned into a wonderful summer job experience that has stayed with me throughout my engineering…

Starting in the Middle– A Lesson on Documentation

  In early July of 1984 Jim Morris, my manager, stopped by my office and suggested I start writing up my project. I thought it odd to start writing so soon; I had not completed my revisions to the computer program. My project focused on my converting the Grade of Service parameter from a constant…

Asking Questions of Experts

In the summer of 1984 I attended a seminar presented by Bob, a member of technical staff. I carefully listened and realized that my project would be changing some fundamental assumptions related to his talk. When the Q&A time arrived I asked this question– “If Grade of Service (GOS) is no longer a constant, i.e….