The engineer’s engineer: Computer industry luminaries salute Dave Cutler
Dave Cutler is a legend, but he keeps a relatively low profile, so it was nice to watch the rare new video interview with him at the bottom. I especially liked what he said at the end:<p>&quot;I have this little saying that the successful people in the world are the people that do the things that the unsuccessful ones won&#x27;t. So I&#x27;ve always been this person that, you know.. I will build the system, I will fix the bugs, I will fix other people&#x27;s bugs, I will fix build breaks. It&#x27;s all part of getting the job done.&quot;<p>When I was a kid, I enjoyed reading &quot;Show Stopper! The Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft&quot; that chronicled his move from DEC to build NT.  Jeff Atwood has a quick review of it at <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.codinghorror.com&#x2F;showstopper&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.codinghorror.com&#x2F;showstopper&#x2F;</a>