Profile of Margaret Hamilton, programmer of the Apollo software
Only tangentially related but it seems to me that if you want to work on cool software that does something novel and exciting it seems like it's better to graduate with a degree in math or physics.Also interesting if you visit her company's website: http://www.htius.com/It's a view into a software industry that is virtually never reported on in the news, at least not on HN. The client list is impressive. It's not really clear what they actually do? Seems to me like they maintain a developing environment and sell support contracts for it?