| From: nick via talk <talk@gtalug.org> | I was wondering as I'm still in school What school? | if anyone knows | of people who actually work in compiler design Compiler design: not a big field. Most compilers that take a team are already designed. There is a group at the IBM Toronto lab that works on their compilers. I've known a few of them, but my main connections have retired. An interesting snapshot of this area is the annual CASCON held in October (free! with lunches!). | or embedded | systems in the Toronto/GTA area. Lots of folks do that. I don't know how to find them (I haven't looked). They are often more embedded in the application area than the computer field. (It often shows in the quality of their code.) I could imagine that networking through your school would help.