“Age 19. Degree in Molecular Biology”
Impressive. What age were you when graduating high school?
Age 16 in June 1973 for high school graduation. I immediately launched into a microbiology class at Southwestern College a week after high school graduation. I signed up to start UCSD in January 1974 and filled the time in the Fall semester at Southwestern with calculus, English, chemistry and judo classes with credits transferable to UCSD. I turned 17 in August 1973.
The first 3 weeks at UCSD were a bit challenging as I still had classes overlapping at Southwestern in Jan 1974 while the Winter quarter was getting underway 40 miles away at UCSD.
I returned to Southwestern College in the Spring semester of 1980 as the instructor for Electronics 51/91 (Embedded Systems). I taught that course until May 1983 when PacBell placed me in a site support role at the computer center in Mira Mesa. It was an on call role 45 miles from the Southwestern campus. Too much traffic to commute and be certain of being on campus by 6:30 PM. I miss teaching, but it was a better career move.