Cassie Maas's guest appearances

Cassie Maas

ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast

Jason Moore

Michael Phillips

Jason Scott

David Young

Steve Robinson

Scott Adams

Dave Johnson

Ben Smith

Michael Katz

Peter Shankman

Nolan Bushnell

Kevin Hayes

John Constantine

Peter Hirshberg

Steve Cohen

OwlTail

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, 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 at<a href="http://ataripodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AtariPodcast.com</a> to see the letter to Spencer Villwock that we discuss, plus links to her Atari writing. Links <a href="http://i.imgur.com/p5IW6MC.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://i.imgur.comCassie's letter to Spenserp5IW6MC.jpg</a> <a href="http://www.atarimania.com/documents/InfoWorlds-Essential-Guide-to-Atari.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">InfoWorld's Essential Guide to Atari</a> <a href="http://atarimagazines.com/index/index.php?author=Cassie+Stahl&amp;mag=antic" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cassie's articles in Antic magazine</a> 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?”

ANTIC Interview 52 - Cassie Maas, Atari Marketing & Tech Support