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What path did you take to your current career?

Undergrad EE -> Graduate EE, MBA -> Management Consultant -> Individual contributor at MSFT -> Successively more responsibility at MSFT -> MSFT exit when it no longer felt right -> VC

Posted @ 06:45AM, April 11, 2007 by John Ludwig | Permalink
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What was your best business trip experience?

When I was about 9 my dad took me on a business trip with him. He was visiting food suppliers for his restaurant chain, and they had a table of samples out for him to try. Besides this huge table of food, they had comic books for me. Awesome day.

Posted @ 06:42AM, April 11, 2007 by John Ludwig | Permalink
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What was your first job?

Maintenance worker for a restaurant chain.

Posted @ 10:15AM, April 09, 2007 by John Ludwig | Permalink
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What profession other than yours would you like to try?

Guitar player. Or professor. Or composer.

Posted @ 10:14AM, April 09, 2007 by John Ludwig | Permalink
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What was your most memorable summer job?

I spent a summer working at a restaurant chain maintenance barn. One of my tasks was to clean the caked oil and bugs off the french fryers before the real maintenance team would touch them.

Posted @ 10:13AM, April 09, 2007 by John Ludwig | Permalink
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What do you do for fun?

I am an aggressive Halloween participant. Last year I had two surround sound systems, 5 other sound systems, 6 fog machines, 30-40 tombstones, 4-5 moving props in the yard.

Posted @ 10:12AM, April 09, 2007 by John Ludwig | Permalink
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What advice do you have for someone looking for their first job out of college?

Work on something that is really important to your employer.

Posted @ 03:39PM, April 08, 2007 by John Ludwig | Permalink
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