Dave Cutler is really someone I look up to and wish I could be (but could never be due to numerous reasons). I strongly resonate with what he said in "Showstopper":

  What I really wanted to do was work on computers, not apply them to problems.

And he sticks to it for half of a century.

Link to interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi1Lq79mLeE

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi1Lq79mLeE&t=4314s - yes, it stands for New Technology)