Jan Koum Quotes

I really enjoy computer networking.

It doesn't matter if it's a wireless or wired network. I think network management can be introduced that is equally sensible.

I learned a ton of things during my time in CNET.

I would be better at my job if I were technical.

Technology requires knowledge and expertise more than it requires money.

I look like a geeky hacker, but I don't know anything about computers.

It was used for decades to describe talented computer enthusiasts, people whose skill at using computers to solve technical problems and puzzles was - and is - respected and admired by others possessing similar technical skills.

Learn computer science. It's extraordinarily helpful. I like recommending learning economics as well so they think in terms of business, they have rational frameworks for looking at the world, but yeah, computer science is an amazing way to get into, even if you want to be CEO, having a tech background is helpful.

I am instinctively a network infrastructure plumber.

I enjoy learning technical details.

One of my bosses happened to be one of the early architects of some of the ways Internet providers work. He taught me how the cables connect, how the telecom providers work... I learned how to make my own Ethernet cables, all the way up to running a small business.

I'm thinking of going to programming school. Learn how to sit down at any computer and learn to do anything on it. That's all I have left and have interest in.

I'm not technical.

The next Internet could be in the making somewhere in someone's lab.

It's incredibly hard to program a network from scratch for 24 hours.

Companies that are hosting Web sites or do a lot of teleconferencing need a lot of bandwidth going both ways.

I'm not an IT expert myself.

On a purely technical side, I'm really very happy with how Linux gets used in a very wide set of different areas. It's important for development.

Every time I can find another engineer to add to the Chrome OS platform, I'm going to hire him.

Depending on the kind of code you write, depending on the kind of ideas you have, you can be creative in problem-solving and you can really make things work in a very gratifying way.

After 14 years of running DonorsChoose.org as someone who had never written a line of code, I did do a three-month night school course. After all these years, I could at least speak some of the same vocabulary and have a first-hand appreciation for what my colleagues on the engineering team are doing.

I actually am a computer nerd.

Tech stuff, I will always do. They've been good to me.

You cannot prevent collisions if the data that can prevent them is still making its way through the network.

I don't want to be only the most scalable platform, I want to be the most secure. To do that, it's not only Zoom's work, we need lot of people's help.