Michael Linton
In '62, I built a computer that could, in under 15 minutes, add any two positive integers whose sum was less than 8.
In ' 63, a summer job included writing "Monte Carlo" code for a Ferranti Pegasus - an example of which is now in the Science Museum in London.
Then followed 3 very interesting years at Cambridge (Natural and Electrical Sciences) and two much less so working at Shell (UK) Ltd.
From '68 - '70, Fortran programming for TRIUMF project at UBC, Vancouver, Canada completed my professional career in computing. This was undoubtedly good for all concerned.
The next 12 years were spent entirely without computers, and variously on acquiring an MBA, researching in social psychology, attempting school teaching, working in retail management, logging, construction, fishing, and skiing, before studying to become a teacher of the Alexander Technique.
In 1982, a general financial crisis in western Canada led to personal financial crisis for my Alexander practice and thence to the design of the LETSystem - necessity yet again mothering invention. The LETSystem has since become the basis for most of the world's community currency systems.
I am now based in the UK for three years, principally working on the London open money project, and my work with computers is confined to efforts in communication.