Julie Martin Oral History Transcript Block 194 (Q20074)

Martin: They werent. But, that said, the culture at Bell Labs was certainly that the level of members of technical staff, like Billythe researcherscame and went as they wanted and could choose to work on things that they wanted. There was a great amount of latitude and freedom and the researchers could give their TAs, or technical assistants, jobs to do. Later, Billy, in the 1990s, asked John