FEATURE
THE MOST REWARDING INDUSTRY YESTERDAY AND TODAY BY STUART BARNES
72 SUBMARINE TELECOMS FORUM MAGAZINE
INTRODUCTION
With another SubOptic looming on the horizon I reflect on my nearly 45 years in the industry and how rewarding it has been for me, my colleagues and the competition. Yes, I said it, the competition. As ASN’s Jean Devos once described it, the nature of our business is “coopetition”, and I cannot find a better way of describing an industry that has at times come together when confronting near existential challenges; extreme weather, Hydrogen, shark bite, geo-political threats past and present to name a few. It’s only now that I realise that I have had a ring side seat for the greatest optical show!