February 13, 2022

Rick Cohen on Combining Passions: Music and Computing

I contacted a hometown friend, Rick Cohen, because every so often I hear questions from parents that go like this: “My son really loves (insert art here), but he can’t get a job with that. Can you tell him to study (insert business or STEM field here)?” It’s also common […]
September 1, 2020

From High School to High Tech: Rewards of an Engineering Education

A short time ago I wrote a post on questions that students and parents should ask about an engineering degree. There are many rewards to an engineering education, if you enter college prepared at the start. But if you slog through and struggle those rewards will be harder to come […]