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From a recent Ajay Ohri interview with Karl Rexer

Ajay: Describe your career in science. What advice would you give to young science graduates in this recession? What advice would you give to high school students choosing from science - non science careers?

Karl: My interests in science began as a child. My father has multiple science degrees, and I grew up listening to his descriptions of the cool things he was building, or the cool investigative tools he was using, in his lab. He worked in an industrial setting, so visiting was difficult. But when I could, I loved going in to see the high-temperature furnaces he was designing, the carbon-fiber production processes he was developing, and the electron microscope that allowed him to look at his samples. Both of my parents encouraged me to ask why, and to think critically about both scientific and social issues. It was also the time of the Apollo moon landings, and I was totally absorbed in watching and thinking about them. Together these things motivated me and shaped my world-view.

Other interviews at http://www.decisionstats.com/category/interviews/

• 18-Jun, Gary Cokins from SAS Institute.
• 9-Jun, Karl Rexer, President, Rexer Analytics
• 5-Jun, Jim Daves CMO, SAS Institute
• 4-Jun, Paul van Eikeren, President and CEO, Blue Reference
• 29-May, David Smith, Director of Community, REvolution Computing
• 17-May, Dominic Pouzin, CEO, Data Applied
• 11-May, Bruno Delahaye, VP, KXEN
• 4-May, Ron Ramos Director, Zementis
• 30-Apr, Oliver Jouve, VP, SPSS Inc
• 21-Apr, Fabian Dill, Co-Founder, Knime.com
• 18-Apr, Alicia Mcgreevey, Head Marketing, Visual Numerics
• 27-Mar, Francoise Soulie Fogelman, VP, KXEN
• 17-Mar, Jon Peck, Principal Software Engineer, SPSS Inc
• 6-Mar, Anne Milley, Director of product marketing, SAS Institute
• 3-Feb, Phil Rack, Creator, Bridge to R,and CEO Minequest
• 3-Feb, Michael Zeller, CEO, Zementis
• 31-Jan, Richard Schultz, CEO, Revolution Computing
• 21-Jan, Bob Muenchen, Author, R for SAS and SPSS Users
• 13-Jan, Dr Graham Williams, Creator, Rattle GUI for R
• 5-Jan, Roger Haddad, CEO, KXEN

• 26-Sep, June Dershewitz, VP, Semphonic
• 4-Sep, Vincent Granville, Head, Analyticbridge