IBM chief scientist Ruchir Puri urges entry-level software engineers to also consider technical roles at non-tech companies.

Every engineer knows that look. The moment when leadership announces another massive infrastructure project with impossible deadlines and sky-high expectations. Behind the confident nods and technical discussions lies something most never admit openly: genuine fear.

It doesn’t get more physical than aerospace. I know. I spent over 10 years on SpaceX’s mission operations team in charge of pioneering innovation.

A co-creator of the Google Earth platform has given, along with his wife, a $4 million gift to the University of Kansas to help find and create the next generation of software engineers. Beth Ellyn and Brian McClendon made the multimillion dollar gift to support KU’s School of Engineering,

Chamberlain was an economics major, but he says he was always interested in learning about many different fields. After graduation and active duty in the U.S. Navy, he worked at Lockheed Martin before pursuing human factors engineering at Monterey Technologies, Inc., where he later became president. He retired after selling the company last summer.