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ANTIC Interview 52 - Cassie Maas, Atari Marketing & Tech Support
ANTIC Interview 52 - Cassie Maas, Atari Marketing & Tech Support
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Length:
108 minutes
Released:
Jun 5, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
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Cassie Maas, Atari Marketing and Tech Support
Cassie Maas started at Atari as a sales order processing clerk; then as a member of the marketing team, she evaluated new product ideas; then she worked in technical support, where she was the high-end technical support for word processing, and managed a BBS for user groups. She contributed to the 1984 book "InfoWorld's Essential Guide to Atari" and wrote for Antic magazine and Infoworld.
This interview occurred on April 6 and April 14 2015. Check the show notes atAtariPodcast.com to see the letter to Spencer Villwock that we discuss, plus links to her Atari writing.
Links
http://i.imgur.comCassie's letter to Spenserp5IW6MC.jpg
InfoWorld's Essential Guide to Atari
Cassie's articles in Antic magazine
Teaser quotes:
“I was really excited about the computer and I said, ‘Do you think I could get a job there?’ He laughed and snorted... Within a year I not only had a job at Atari, I had his job.”
“I’m not accepting your resignation. You’re going to be laid off like everybody else, on Friday, with a severance package!”
“That place was a fiasco. That place was just - woah! Money was being spent willy-nilly on all kinds of crazy things. People were sleeping with each other. People were cheating on their spouses. I mean, just crazy, crazy stuff went on.”
“So inside I’m totally freaking out, I’m this young kid, I don’t know, am I in really serious trouble? Am I breaking the law?”
Cassie Maas started at Atari as a sales order processing clerk; then as a member of the marketing team, she evaluated new product ideas; then she worked in technical support, where she was the high-end technical support for word processing, and managed a BBS for user groups. She contributed to the 1984 book "InfoWorld's Essential Guide to Atari" and wrote for Antic magazine and Infoworld.
This interview occurred on April 6 and April 14 2015. Check the show notes atAtariPodcast.com to see the letter to Spencer Villwock that we discuss, plus links to her Atari writing.
Links
http://i.imgur.comCassie's letter to Spenserp5IW6MC.jpg
InfoWorld's Essential Guide to Atari
Cassie's articles in Antic magazine
Teaser quotes:
“I was really excited about the computer and I said, ‘Do you think I could get a job there?’ He laughed and snorted... Within a year I not only had a job at Atari, I had his job.”
“I’m not accepting your resignation. You’re going to be laid off like everybody else, on Friday, with a severance package!”
“That place was a fiasco. That place was just - woah! Money was being spent willy-nilly on all kinds of crazy things. People were sleeping with each other. People were cheating on their spouses. I mean, just crazy, crazy stuff went on.”
“So inside I’m totally freaking out, I’m this young kid, I don’t know, am I in really serious trouble? Am I breaking the law?”
Released:
Jun 5, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
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