Triumph of the Nerds : A Reflection
The invention of the personal computer was a remarkable development in the history of technology having changed the world forever just over thirty years ago in a garage in Silicon Valley, California. Of course, this was only possible due to a group of nerdy guys in their teens and twenties who would rather mess around with electronics and programming languages than try to get a girlfriend. They had no formal training, and in Apple’s case, their youngest was a mere fourteen years old. It’s interesting to note that he is still employed at Apple today. This really exemplifies the nontraditional laid back ‘tech culture’ of many technology corporations today. Living off pizza and soda, they managed to convince venture capitalists to see the potential in their at-the-time crude hand built PCs. Now today these shy nerdy hobbyists have become some of the richest people on Earth, controlling some of the biggest corporations on this planet. I also really enjoyed ‘Triump of the Nerds,’ as I am majoring in Computer Engineering at home in New York. If being a nerd means I get to become a billionaire, sign me up! Ultimately, the nerds of yesteryear have indeed triumphed and forever immortalized themselves.
An interesting related question might be: why are all these nerds Americans? Live nerds only in America or are young, crazy people in the rest of the world not smart enough?
Great way of your own reflection of the documentary! Hard to understand how much the computerbuisness really has changed.
I will never stop admiring nerds
I love it than in the end, jocks don’t control the world.