About

I’m John DeRosa and this is my blog.

What I write about

The topics include life, my careers, and Seattle.

What I do today

I’m a student at the Watch Technology Institute. To learn more about this career move, watch videos on the Old guy, Career change channel.

A brief history

I first used a computer in 1974, at Lynbrook Senior High School. It was a Data General Nova 1200.

After attending Worcester Polytechnic Institute, I worked for Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). I wrote CPU microcode for the VAX-11/750 and VAX 8600, did RISC architecture research, worked on the first DEC Alpha workstation, ported Windows NT to DEC’s Alpha, and managed the NT/Alpha platforms team.

After DEC, I worked on/for/in quite a few start-ups. The most successful was Singingfish, where I was VP Engineering.

For fun, I do street photography, spend time with friends, and obsess about my pets.

More details and contact info

My e-mail address is john @ this site’s domain.

On Bluesky I’m @theverdict.bsky.social.

My YouTube channel is Old guy, Career change.