Ivan I. Singer

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• August 6, 1999, on Career Guide for Engineers and Computer Scientists:

  I have read everthing here and my reaction is : I love this site!! It amazes me just how many people followed in the same footsteps that I did; out of a major American university graduate program in the physical sciences, into near poverty, and eventually into information technology. My story is not much different from these, no regrets either! (Here is my personal Yuppy Scum story. Read it only if you have time and boss is on jury duty) In 1989, I left a Chemistry BA from UC Berkeley (with one course credit to graduate) to enter a graduate school program at Johns Hopkins University in Chemistry. I was heavily involved in advanced materials research back then, having already researched for some of the top names in chemistry as an undergrad. During my first semester in graduate school, while taking a full load of 5 classes, I wrote my Master's thesis (the proposal for my doctoral work) on Molecular Electronic Devices. It was readily accepted and I defended the proposal at my ...