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Electron band structure in germanium, my ass (2001)

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903 points tux3 | 8 comments | 01 Apr 25 12:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.235s | source | bottom
1. layer8 ◴[01 Apr 25 13:16 UTC] No.43546445[source]▶
(2000)

(at most: https://web.archive.org/web/20001031193257/http://www.cs.wis...)

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2. mr_mitm ◴[01 Apr 25 13:19 UTC] No.43546472[source]▶
https://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~kovar/cv.html

Looks like he went on get a PhD in CS and is now a staff SWE at Google, according to his LinkedIn. Guess he's rolling in cash after all.

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3. palmotea ◴[01 Apr 25 13:32 UTC] No.43546603[source]▶
> (2000)

It was probably actually written sometime prior to June 1999, because that's when the author got his Physics BS at Stanford (https://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~kovar/cv.html).

I kinda want to know more of the backstory around this. What grade did he get? Or was this a private venting exercise he later put up on his webpage, once he was well clear of the course?

The author did eventually go into CS, I wonder if this project was his actual breaking point.

https://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~kovar/bio.html

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4. ALLTaken ◴[01 Apr 25 13:41 UTC] No.43546687[source]▶
You're right, I looked up and he seems to work at Google as a SWE: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucas-kovar-185a3531

Happy he made the leap and at least get's paid well now (I hope).

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5. randlet ◴[01 Apr 25 13:57 UTC] No.43546859[source]▶
Yeah I want to say I remember this making the rounds (remember email forwards?) during my first year of undergrad ('99-'00) but I'm a bit fuzzy on the exact timing.
6. robocat ◴[01 Apr 25 16:49 UTC] No.43548939{3}[source]▶
The last line seems strangly intelligent:

> I still wouldn't have any women, but at least I'd be rolling in cash.

Did they get a girlfriend?

7. djmips ◴[01 Apr 25 20:58 UTC] No.43551263{3}[source]▶
Fear not, he's being paid well.
8. blatantly ◴[01 Apr 25 21:07 UTC] No.43551357[source]▶
That this is the chosen path says alot about how we as a society allocate money and value things.