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" I define myself as the accidental entrepreneur. "
Define
Entrepreneur
Accidental
" I had cataract surgery a while back. "
Had
Surgery
Back
" I remember the difficulty we had in the beginning replacing magnetic cores in memories and eventually we had both cost and performance advantages. But it wasn't at all clear in the beginning. "
Performance
Beginning
Cost
" I think Caltech fills a unique role, and it's not a cheap one. Their small size allows them to do interdisciplinary work a lot more effectively than anyplace else I know. The bigger universities get cast into silos. "
Unique
Think
Work
" It is extremely unlikely that anyone coming out of school with a technical degree will go into one area and stay there. Today's students have to look forward to the excitement of probably having three or four careers. "
School
Today
Three
" My first job out of school was to do basic research at Johns Hopkins University's applied physics lab. "
Research
First
Job
" The computer is really a useful gadget for consuming time. "
Really
Time
Gadget
" The technology at the leading edge changes so rapidly that you have to keep current after you get out of school. I think probably the most important thing is having good fundamentals. "
Think
Changes
Good
" With engineering, I view this year's failure as next year's opportunity to try it again. Failures are not something to be avoided. You want to have them happen as quickly as you can so you can make progress rapidly. "
Failure
View
Opportunity
" Yes, from the time I was in junior high school I decided I wanted to be a chemist. I didn't quite know what a chemist was, but I kept it up and got my Ph.D. in physical chemistry. "
Yes
Time
High School
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