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I read this in 1999 when entering university. It was so refreshing hearing a student provide a glimpse into the boots-on-the-ground reality of undergrad life at
by roadbuster 2y ago
I read this in 1999 when entering university. It was so refreshing hearing a student provide a glimpse into the boots-on-the-ground reality of undergrad life at these world-renowned institution.
The closing sentence is also prescient; the author pivoted to CS, ultimately completing his doctorate at the University of Wisconsin at Madison
https://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~kovar/ https://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~kovar/
- madcaptenor 2y agoLinkedIn has him as Staff Software Engineer at Google: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucas-kovar-185a3531/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucas-kovar-185a3531/
- perlgeek 2y agoI'm pretty sure he's rolling in cash now :-)
- moffkalast 2y agoBut still doesn't have any women ;)
- djmips 2y agoNot so fast... You might be surprised.
- sizzle 2y agoSomeone send him a link to this HN post and invite him to join us!
- lucisferre 2y agoI read it about the same time. My friends and I (all of whom declared Physics and most of us switched to other majors before graduating) had tears in our eyes reading it. Funniest thing I had ever read. I'm glad he's doing well.
- basch 2y agoWhole page is gone now?