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The Bleeding Edge: My Six Decades at the Forefront of the Tech Revolution
Steve Case . . . Larry Ellison . . . Steve Jobs . . . Scott McNealy . . . Sean Parker . . .
Over more than half a century at the forefront of the technology revolution, Bill Raduchel encountered them all as a pioneering executive for McGraw-Hill, Sun Microsystems, and AOL—where he was behind the scenes for the landmark merger with Time Warner.
He not only had a front-row seat but was a key player in the birth of the digital age in which we now live—from opening one of the first online futures trading services to delivering bids in the 1990s to buy NeXT and Apple to being “in the room” for the launch of licensed music on iTunes and ultimately to being named CTO of the Year at AOL Time Warner.
Packed with never-before-heard stories and timeless wisdom on the art of computer science, the business of technology, and the durable power of relationships, The Bleeding Edge provides a rare history of how and why the internet looks and feels the way it does today.
Over more than half a century at the forefront of the technology revolution, Bill Raduchel encountered them all as a pioneering executive for McGraw-Hill, Sun Microsystems, and AOL—where he was behind the scenes for the landmark merger with Time Warner.
He not only had a front-row seat but was a key player in the birth of the digital age in which we now live—from opening one of the first online futures trading services to delivering bids in the 1990s to buy NeXT and Apple to being “in the room” for the launch of licensed music on iTunes and ultimately to being named CTO of the Year at AOL Time Warner.
Packed with never-before-heard stories and timeless wisdom on the art of computer science, the business of technology, and the durable power of relationships, The Bleeding Edge provides a rare history of how and why the internet looks and feels the way it does today.
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256 pages, Hardcover
Published December 5, 2023
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May 2, 2024
Reviewed for Foreword Books INDIES Awards.
Bill Raduchel discusses the various jobs he's had throughout the tech industry as he made his career in that field. He discusses lessons learned and important changes he observed and led in his range of jobs.
The book reads more as a memoir of Raduchel's accomplishments. Many are indeed significant if his story is to be believed, but it's a bit hard to take it all without a grain of salt as it doesn't appear that he ever made any mistakes or missteps.
Finally, Appendix A is completely irrelevant and extraneous to this book. Harvard's admissions policies in the 1970s have absolutely nothing to do with the tech revolution; even though he referenced his article on the topic in the book, it really didn't not need to be reproduced here.
Bill Raduchel discusses the various jobs he's had throughout the tech industry as he made his career in that field. He discusses lessons learned and important changes he observed and led in his range of jobs.
The book reads more as a memoir of Raduchel's accomplishments. Many are indeed significant if his story is to be believed, but it's a bit hard to take it all without a grain of salt as it doesn't appear that he ever made any mistakes or missteps.
Finally, Appendix A is completely irrelevant and extraneous to this book. Harvard's admissions policies in the 1970s have absolutely nothing to do with the tech revolution; even though he referenced his article on the topic in the book, it really didn't not need to be reproduced here.
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