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When I was growing up, I wanted to become a mad scientist with minions, a tropical island lair, and an unlimited equipment budget. That is why I became a professor.
Here I am: a moderately annoyed prompt engineer using an 11-year-old computer to schedule TAs from an office overlooking a gravel parking lot.
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