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> I got used to counting backwards in hex to do hand assembly of relative
> branches on the MC6800.

Me too, am currently doing it with some z80 assembly with relative jumps ..=
..

Did you then find that when you went to fill out a cheque that you
were writing hexadecimal numbers? Doing similar work around 25-30
years ago I got that engrossed in hex code (I was doing chip level
board repair of microcoded CPUs at the time) that I found I had to
correct amounts I had written as the value of the cheque ... :)

And as to the OPs problem, in my last job, assembling and inspecting
space qualified electronics hardware, my boss had occasion to put out
an advert for a post for an electronics assembler, one of the
requirements being that the successful applicant had soldering
experience, and ideally would be ESA soldering certified. One
application he had was from an overseas person who had a masters
degree, and was most upset when sent a rejection letter, writing back
that he would be the most qualified person we would have (actually he
wouldn't be, the lab where I worked was full to the brim with people
with PhDs, but that was another matter). The saga of communication
only ended when my boss wrote back to him pointing out that one of the
'must have' items was production soldering experience, and he couldn't
even demonstrate that he could solder at all.

On Tue, 17 Nov 2020 at 17:03, Harold Hallikainen
<harold@mai.hallikainen.org> wrote:
>
>
> > On 11/17/20 7:47 AM, Manu Abraham wrote:
> >
> >> Sometimes, pronunciations could be misleading.
> >> (I've come across software developers claiming years of experience who
> >> could not count upto binary 3)
> >
> > I'm from NYC and I've known since I was a kid how to count to 4 in bina=
ry.
> > ;-)
> >
> > Sorry couldn't resist.
> >
>
> I got used to counting backwards in hex to do hand assembly of relative
> branches on the MC6800.
>
> On the original post, I thought the description of the job was pretty
> good. Applicants just need to pay attention to it. I wonder if you can
> request a couple pages of sample code in C or assembly. Look for nice
> structure, variable names, comments, etc.
>
> Harold
>
>
>
>
>
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