My Reaction to Mentor Bios/Interviews: WOW!

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The discussion highlights a sense of intimidation and awe experienced by a participant after reading the Mentor Bios and Interviews, comparing the feeling to being out of place in a highly academic environment. The participant expresses admiration for the impressive credentials of the mentors, recalling personal experiences with influential instructors in engineering and optics. There is a lighthearted acknowledgment of the participant's own contributions to the community, with a playful reminder to one of the mentors about their own impressive background. Overall, the conversation conveys a mix of respect for the expertise present and a humorous self-deprecation regarding one's own qualifications.
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Okay, so I just read a couple of the Mentor Bios/Interviews and I feel like a preschooler who just happened to crawl into a PhD symposium. To say that I'm completely, way-out of my league here doesn't even begin to come close to an understatement, I actually don't think that such a word even exists; and my sincere apologies to any preschooler I may have offended by my statement.

So, staying in my lane, let me just state:
"(insert expletive here) WOW!"Peace,
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Reminds me of walking into my EE101 instructors office. In addition to many, many other things, the guys was part of the development of the JPEG standard. And my Optics 101/102 instructor literally built the Optical Engineering program at the University of Arizona.
 
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Drakkith said:
Reminds me of walking into my EE101 instructors office. In addition to many, many other things, the guys was part of the development of the JPEG standard. And my Optics 101/102 instructor literally built the Optical Engineering program at the University of Arizona.
Just a quick reminder that your Mentor Bio is in that list too, Drak... :wink:
 
Drakkith said:
Reminds me of walking into my EE101 instructors office. In addition to many, many other things, the guys was part of the development of the JPEG standard. And my Optics 101/102 instructor literally built the Optical Engineering program at the University of Arizona.
Drakkith,

Sure, make me feel like an embryo.

Peace,
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