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551 points adrianhon | 1 comments | 08 Apr 24 15:48 UTC | HN request time: 0.224s | source

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Also see “Steve" Shirley, she build a company of coders, women only [0], from the '60s on with remote first :-)

[0] She hired all the female IBM coders who couldn't make a career at IBM

rsynnott ◴[08 Apr 24 16:57 UTC] No.39971614[source]▶

Wait, how did remote first work in the 60s? Did they post in punchcards? TTYs weren't really much of a thing at that stage, were they?

1. sriram_sun ◴[08 Apr 24 17:31 UTC] No.39971918[source]▶

I guess everything was "remote". My dad had to mail his code (punch cards) from (IIT) Madras to (IISc) Bangalore. He did say it was a pain though.

* IISc - Indian Institute of Science

* Madras, now Chennai was probably an overnight drive in the late 60s.

Lore Harp McGovern built a microcomputer empire from her suburban home