Teaching

The difference is in dealing with the inevitable “Oops!”
From the comforts of home, I just finished teaching a two-day seminar to customers in Singapore.
4 of 5
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November 29, 2012
They booked the four day basics plus a one day cram for DO-178B Level A certification.
That means I have to be up at 4:00AM local (Phoenix AZ) time for the class schedule:
Half Way
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August 15, 2012
Day 2 of 4 done. We’re an hour ahead on the schedule so I’m not stressed about finishing on time.
My job is to help customers use my employer’s product to build ultra-high reliability computer software such as that used to autonomously fly drones or to automate much of a real pilot’s interaction with, for example, the Boeing 787 over which he/she is in the left-hand cockpit seat.
In the movie, THX-1138, Robert Duvall’s character escapes the underground society because the cost of his pursuit goes over-budget.
Classroom: Hotel meeting room as arranged by “the customer”. I’m staying there.

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