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Not terribly related, but I personally think it’s really cool that you went to Caltech! It bums me out that Caltech doesn’t have as many associated giants of th
by BalinKing 7y ago
Not terribly related, but I personally think it’s really cool that you went to Caltech! It bums me out that Caltech doesn’t have as many associated giants of the tech world as e.g. MIT or Berkeley, which might just owe to Caltech’s smaller size, so I always love it when I learn about an awesome alum like yourself :-)
If you don’t mind me asking, what Hou(v)se were you in?
- WalterBright 7y agoPage. Caltech is quite a bit smaller, only 130 undergrads in my graduation class, or something like that (don't recall exactly). Bill Gross is likely the most famous alumnus of my class. Quite a few in my class (79) became quite wealthy in the tech business, though not the really big money.
- WalterBright 7y agoHal Finney was the most famous of the class ahead of me. His dorm room was next to mine. My only brush with fame! Hal was one of the good eggs.
- BalinKing 7y agoA Rudd myself, but I have some good friends in Page. That is really interesting that your class size was only 130, AFAICT nowadays they're ~240. At least, the classes of 2022 and 2023 were in that ballpark. (I wonder if Caltech has become less selective, or has just received more applicants?) Idealab has an active presence on campus even today, so Bill Gross seems to have left his mark :-)