RIP San Diego Technical Books 8-( It wasn't just S/W engineering that was different, it was the whole world. I graduated uni, and started work in 1983. There was no internet. Although you could write to the NIST and they would send you free boxes full of books on TCP/IP. The best part was, everyone wasn't lost in make believe. I mean there were books and movies, and of course LSD, but all of that is a temporary escape. After 6 or 8 hours, the LSD wears off. Now, people are lost in make believe 24/7. You think buying a house or being treated fairly by an employer is hard now, just wait. You're gonna be so much more fucked in 20 years, this is gonna look like the great old days. Just keep gushingly throwing yourself at whatever corp exploitation scheme is popular at the moment (twitverse, twerk tik, app store) it's all gonna work out, for ownership... Best of luck with that...