Electron band structure in germanium, my ass (2001)

I read this in 1999 when entering university. It was so refreshing hearing a student provide a glimpse into the boots-on-the-ground reality of undergrad life at these world-renowned institution.

The closing sentence is also prescient; the author pivoted to CS, ultimately completing his doctorate at the University of Wisconsin at Madison

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

LinkedIn has him as Staff Software Engineer at Google: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucas-kovar-185a3531/

I'm pretty sure he's rolling in cash now :-)

But still doesn't have any women ;)

Not so fast... You might be surprised.

I read it about the same time. My friends and I (all of whom declared Physics and most of us switched to other majors before graduating) had tears in our eyes reading it. Funniest thing I had ever read.

I'm glad he's doing well.

Someone send him a link to this HN post and invite him to join us!

Whole page is gone now?