i have a professor who is really nice and sometimes he talks about his life (he's in in 40s or something) and his backstory is batshit insane so this is it

• born and raised in connecticut
• took some business classes at a uni that trump also went to
• at 20 worked for sony, and when the internet got big he volunteered to make the website/shop even though he had no idea about any of that
• (when his boss came to check on his work he didn't know how to navigate the site and my professor said "use the mouse" and the boss was like "what's a mouse?")
• so he became one of the first people to do internet marketing, and made a lot of money
• there he also met jeff bezos (back when amazon was still only selling books)
• was in new york city when 9/11 happened and heard a tower getting hit, then wanted to donate blood at one of the first blood drives for it but was denied because he was recently in 3rd world countries
• he eventually got bored and became a scuba diver instructor
• met his wife, travelled for 4 years through south america with her, working as a jungle guide and translator
• has lived in several different countries
• became a marketing and presentation guide to big companies

and now for some god forsaken reason he is a lecturer at universities in my boring ass little country

he is also a dad to two girls (i think) and once described himself as a "soccer mom"

also bonus shoutout to him talking about "rawdogging flights" in class