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bitmadness on June 20, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Alan Kay has agreed to do an AMA today

Hi Alan,

I'm a CS PhD student at Caltech. What advice do you have for young computer scientists, especially for PhD students?

alankay on June 21, 2016 [–]

A PhD program is very much about the context of forefront ideas and people. I lucked into one -- that got me to realize that this is what prospective grad students should be looking for.

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