Describe Your Career in Computer Science

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i was a terrible architectah, but i turned out to be a pretty good engineer. And this was at a time when computer science didn't exist. I graduated with the degree and double engineer, inelectual engineering,. But i did none of the double classes, so never ask me to repair anything. When i worked at bellabs, and i wrote a programme called lex, which is still in use to day. So ingubl when we created integrated labs that there's not much distinction between the research part and the product development part. Indeed, the researchers and developers work as a team.

The son of an economist, Eric Schmidt eschewed his father’s profession, first studying architecture before settling on computer science and eventually earning a PhD. Now one of the most influential technology executives in the world, he still however credits his interest in network economies and platforms for a large part of his success.

In this live event hosted by Village Global in San Francisco, Tyler questioned Schmidt about underused management strategies, what Google learned after interviewing one job candidate sixteen times, his opinion on early vs. late Picasso, the best reform in corporate governance, why we might see a bifurcation of the Internet, what technology will explode in the the next 10 years, the most underrated media source, and more.

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Recorded September 21st, 2018 Other ways to connect

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