SCGSSM 2023 Commencement Address
I had the honor of being the 2023 commencement speaker for my old high school, the South Carolina Governor's School for Science and Math . It was especially good timing, since it's been 30 years since I graduated high school, so my friends and I organized a 30 year reunion at the same time. Here's a link to a video of my speech . Here's a link to my speaking notes . I used a table with alternating colors to make it easier to follow where I was. I had several students thank me for the speech, especially the parts about handling failure and about not always listening to your parents. Yeah, I know that second one is going to bite me in the future, but now is now and I'll enjoy time with my kids in the meanwhile. --------- Thank you for the kind introduction. As you just heard, I'm a professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University. Now, inviting a professor to speak is a dangerous proposition, because as you may know, we professors have been trained t