Many changes in life.
- First summer without kids at home, JJ is going to intern with a non profit law firm that help immigrants in SF, DD will work for a real estate investment firm in L.A.
- Mom and Dad’s health is going downhill quickly. They no longer can live or support themselves. Without a clear direction from them, we are doing our best. Huang is exhausted, Hong is taking long leave to take care of them for two months. I am flying back and forth.
- Big decision to retire from Monterey Bay. The mission and tasks at the campus defined my career over the last twenty some years. I am known in Monterey area as the professor and director of computer science. While since 2015, I have eased out of the position, it is still a big change for me not being the full professor that everyone know. I felt sad to not having the classroom experience any more, but over the last few years, I already felt it is about time for me to leave. Over the years, between being a nice guy everyone like to a task master pushing everyone to work hard, I chose the later. I believe achievement and success is more important then being liked. As Marcivelli stated in “Prince”, being loved and feared are both desireable, but if a leader has to choose one, choose fear. He also stated that a leader need to decide when to break rules and be responsible for it. Over the last twenty years, I am proud of the success we had in the school. We started innovative programs, grew from 100 to over a thousand, get a new building, getting multimillion dollar grands
- Body start to weaken, during a tennis game last Sunday, my right knee start to hurt again. I limped all week. Does not bother my work but depressed my spirit.
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