When I was a young public school student growing up in Brooklyn in the 1990s, my father brought home a computer to help his kids realize their dreams. And his vision of future success was prescient, even if my “dream” that day was to take the computer apart. Three decades later I became New York City’s chief technology officer but first I had to put the computer back together — or else — before my dad returned from work. I accepted his challenge and my life has never been the same.
When I was a young public school student growing up in Brooklyn in the 1990s, my father brought home a computer to help his kids realize their dreams. And his vision of future success was prescient, even if my “dream” that day was to take the compute… [4152 chars]
Source: New York Daily News | Published: 2025-09-27T09:00:21Z
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