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Before ‘Dilbert,’ I tried to become a computer programmer. In the early days of computing, I bought this big, heavy, portable computer for my house. I spent two years nights and weekends trying to write games that I thought I would sell. Turns out I’m not that good a programmer, so that was two years that didn’t work out.

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I hated my work. It never seemed to me to be what I should be doing.

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I’ve always defined myself not as a cartoonist, but as an entrepreneur. That was true before I tried cartooning. I always imagined cartooning would be how I got my seed capital. I always thought my other businesses would be the less dominant part of my life.

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June 5, 2024

I’ve always defined myself not as a cartoonist, but as an entrepreneur. That was true before I tried cartooning. I always imagined cartooning would be how I got my seed capital. I always thought my other businesses would be the less dominant part of my life.

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June 5, 2024

I hated my work. It never seemed to me to be what I should be doing.

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