Both men are unlikely to be leading-edge software engineers. One is the consummate customer care connoisseur and the other is, well, you know, the President.
Rono, as he was affectionately referred to at Cerent, was responsible for one line of code contained with the Cerent 454 (later renamed as Cisco’s ONS 15454). Since he latched onto the term of “Mickey Mouse” software to describe early releases of Cerent’s software, the engineers he criticized welcomed him to code some software one day for this industry-beating optical transport product. He did and his digital fingerprints remain part of the platform’s protocol.
Similarly, President Obama was invited to code software. In December 2014, he joined a number of students who were learning how to code. His objective was to learn something about JavaScript. President Obama wrote the following line of code: moveFoward(100), a pre-defined code for a specific function.
As it turns out, both men decided to leave the work of JavaScript coding to experts like Cerent’s Chris Eich and Wayne Cannon. At least, Ron and Barack could cross software coding off their respective bucket lists.
I’m sure Chris and Wayne are thankful for that.
Similarly, President Obama was invited to code software. In December 2014, he joined a number of students who were learning how to code. His objective was to learn something about JavaScript. President Obama wrote the following line of code: moveFoward(100), a pre-defined code for a specific function.
As it turns out, both men decided to leave the work of JavaScript coding to experts like Cerent’s Chris Eich and Wayne Cannon. At least, Ron and Barack could cross software coding off their respective bucket lists.
I’m sure Chris and Wayne are thankful for that.