Outline for Presentation, 40th Anniversary of UNL Computer Science Department Introduction; Liberal Arts => Computer Science/Engineering Mike as an “anachronism”. 21 years at TI. CAD Design, IC Test (Sharad Seth), Database for Intellectual Property Honored to be here. Surprising choice. What I will tell you.
4 things that I learned from UNL CSE classes. • Programming • Technical presentations (importance of writing and speaking) • Computational complexity (or “recursion is a trap”) • Hardware (or how I got over my fear of taking the back off the computer) • Summary 4 things that I learned by accident. • Just do it. • Ask a lot of questions. • Work together. The importance of teams. • In the end, liberal arts was a good foundation for a career in engineering.
• Summary 4 things you should have told me but you didn’t. • Be a co‐op. Try out the job. • Stay close to the money. Stay close to the customer. • Learn (or maintain) a foreign language • Life is not fair. Change and the importance of being “nimble”. Appreciation, close. QA