Let me tell you a little bit about my personal journey to Silicon Valley from India 22 years ago. Growing up in India, like many of you, I got my first telephone when I was 12. In my case, it turned out to be a rotary旋转的 phone, so it wasn't that那么〔大、多等〕〔尤指通过手势比画来表示大小、数量等〕 great for selfies, but I still love to call my friends, play with it, and sometimes take it apart. That telephone cemented my fascination魔力 with technology. I had a deep desire愿望 to be part of this exchange of ideas.
I remember, in my parents' house in Chennai, reading about the invention of the transistor晶体管 at Bell Labs. Of course, that initial invention helped found what became known as Silicon Valley, and out of that came companies like Fat Child Semiconductor and Intel and all the computers and software that we all use today. You can draw a direct line from that invention to the technology that powers your Twitter feed or your WeChat messages today. I still vividly remember as a teenager, jumping onto a crowded train at Chennai and traveling for 24 hours to attend my school at IIT Kirtpur.
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