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by kragen 472 days ago
Hey, I have a question about the Mark Williams Company. I understand it was founded by Aaron Swartz's father. Did he work on the programming? Did Aaron spend time around the office? I'm curious how Aaron first got involved in programming, which I think was probably long after the company.
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Aaron was very young during the Mark Williams years. I worked there for six years. I don’t think he visited the office during its heyday. So yes long after MWC.
Thank you! Did his father write code?
Not very much. There were a handful of Waterloo kids that are next level programmers.