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" Problem-solving, inventing, hacking and coding is more of an adrenaline rush of endorphins rather than a feeling. "
Walter O'Brien
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" It's an honor to live in and serve the great City of Los Angeles. I'm also immensely grateful for the support I've received from Ireland. "
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" It's common in rural Ireland to pick up a nickname that relates to an animal, bird, or a spider. Mine became 'scorpion' because I fought back, and scorpions are docile creatures until pushed too far. "
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" It's an honor for me to contribute to Houston's younger generations and show them that 'smart is cool.' "
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" Humans have 3 percent human error, and a lot of companies can't afford to be wrong 3 percent of the time anymore, so we close that 3 percent gap with some of the technologies. The AI we've developed doesn't make mistakes. "
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" If you've made enough money where you're not worried about the rent or survival, you start asking yourself why you're on this planet. Your point is to do the most good you can before you die - well, I could do more good if I didn't die. "
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" I look forward to making tangible and inspirational contributions to the Houston Technology Center's initiatives. HTC is an engine behind Houston's and Texas' continued growth. "
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" My left brain has gradually 'eaten' the right-brain capabilities away. "
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" If you look at any normal organization, the CEO is the person with the highest E.Q. The person with the highest IQ is often in the back room running the financials or the operations. That's topsy turvy. "
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" Flying down a tunnel of 1s and 0s is not how hacking is really done. "
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" I'm left-brain dominant, so anxiety and nervousness don't affect me; most emotions don't. "
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" A high IQ individual can't deal in an industry that's subjective. "
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Deal
" Most managers are just trying to survive. That's why a lot of smarter guys have been let go from Fortune 500 companies: because they came up with new ideas that no one would allow them to try. "
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" Much of our brainpower goes unused, and many people could benefit greatly from optimizing their mental assets. "
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" As software engineers trained to turn ambiguity into absolutes and fuzzy requirements into ones and zeros, we had a 'eureka' moment when we realized that our training had broader, real-world applications. "
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Training
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" My personality is extremely unbalanced. "
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" At Sussex University, I developed a system called WinLocX to help with the process of translating software into foreign languages. "
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University
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" You have a core competency, something you're better at than I'll ever be, and that's your magic - your pixie dust. "
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" High IQ individuals don't like surprises and are pessimistic, because it's logical. "
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" I didn't fit in at school, and I didn't fit in at home, and I didn't know why. I was often lonely. "
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" I was about nine years old when a teacher administered my IQ test. Unfortunately, as I was nine, I didn't know that I needed to keep the paperwork for future reference. "
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" I am extremely left brain dominant, probably 95%-5%. The feeling side of my brain is not really strong. "
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" Maybe I was unpopular a bit because I was a teacher's pet. But even the teachers complained about me. They would say to my parents, 'For every one question any pupil asks, Walter asks 10.' "
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" Hacking involves a different way of looking at problems that no one's thought of. "
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" I've only twice in my life come across someone with both high IQ and high EQ naturally; and that was because their parents were super high EQ, and the parents just EQ'd the hell out of them. They're inevitably very successful because now you've got someone who's sharper than the average person and well-rounded, too. "
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" It's a pleasure to contribute to the entrepreneurial community at USC. "
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" When I was 13, I thought I was pretty hot stuff because I knew BASIC programming, self-taught on the family's Commodore 64. One of my crowning accomplishments was writing a silly little program that showed a crudely-drawn Space Shuttle lifting off in a cloud of pixelated smoke. "
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" When I started losing business to salespeople who were using used-car salesmen kind of tactics, I realized I can't ignore the EQ thing; it's going to kill sales. "
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" There are kids going into chemistry and biology because of 'CSI.' "
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" I'm proud to be part of the fabric that inspires the next generations to remain curious and remember that 'smart is cool.' "
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" The methodologies and best practices used to develop software can be applied successfully to any challenge in life. "
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