The defining moment in my life that shifted the way I was thinking...and brought me to ubuntu.
Great question. Tough to answer.
In the sense of living and breathing and working and playing.
Also from that same paper, some rules Bill Gates had given a graduation class. I chose just a couple of them and think that our generation is often ...not so appreciative or hard-working as our parents. I enjoyed these:
- Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping: they called it opportunity.
- Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes, and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parents generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.
- Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do that on your own time. (Thanks John, for not being one of the 'few employers'. I know I'm lucky.
- Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.
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