Where Iâm Coming From
You may find some similarity between your experience and where I stood in college in 1995: I started on a traditional path, a computer science and electrical engineering program at Duke University. I went to my advisor, asking about classes that would best prepare me for working in industry. He was a smart guyâa Rhodes scholar and rising star in the engineering schoolâand he responded, âI have no idea. Iâve never worked a day in industry in my life.â
I was more than a little disillusioned. I wanted to build real, shipping productsânot write research papers. So, that summer I managed to get my foot in the door at one of the hottest start-ups in Silicon Valley, General Magic. It was founded by some of the same ...
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