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From: mct@praxis.co.uk (Martyn Thomas)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Left Handed programmers (and designers)
Message-ID: <5302@newton.praxis.co.uk>
Date: 21 Aug 90 13:54:06 GMT
Organization: Praxis, Bath, UK
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Back in 1974, I was designing telephone switches for ITT (128 Z80
microprocessors, state-of-the-art!).

ITT held phase reviews: a group of high-powered reviewers flew in from New
York and we presented the project for three days - at the end of the review
they either cancelled the project or let it proceed. It was nerve-racking,
and I was due to talk fifth on day one.

We had a flip-chart set up in a corner of the room, which each presenter
used. The first four presentations went fine. Then I stood up, talked for
five minutes, went over to use the flip-chart, and walked straight into the
wall!

That's how I found out that *all* my colleagues in the design team were
left-handed.





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Martyn Thomas, Praxis plc, 20 Manvers Street, Bath BA1 1PX UK.
Tel:	+44-225-444700.   Email:   mct@praxis.co.uk