Randy Pausch has approximately 10 tumors in his liver. He says that he's not in denial, but he has a lot of doctors. He was given 3 to 6 months of good health. He is in good shape. As he tell us of his childhood, he actually had a good childhood. He was constantly dreaming. He had countless numbers of dreams. The fact that anything is possible was huge to him.
To accomplish some of these dreams he started off at school. He got his PHD, which he thought could get him a job anywhere. I have never heard of Imagineering until Randy introduced it. He was willing to do anything to have lunch with Jon Snoddy. He didn't want to seem too anxious, but he was determined. He published the first and last paper of Imagineering. Jon Snoddy helped him get to the right people so he could work on the paper and publish it.
Working on Aladdin VR is a once in 5 years career opportunity. He was introduced to real people and he learned how to put engineers and artists together. That's very important to me. You have to be introduced to the right people, which are real people that's willing to help you achieve.
I was surprised that his technology got used at the spider man 3 filming. After 10 years of enjoying what he loved doing, unfortunately he had to give it up. His advice is, if you have to give something up that you love doing, make sure that you hand it over to someone that is better than you, that can do the job, which is what he did. I believe that because if you are doing something that you love, you wouldn't want to give it to someone that you think will screw it up. Some companies agreed to hire their students by doing internships. It's becoming a global phenomenon for that University.
Randy Pausch's Last Lecture
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