A university on Long Island where Catmull ran an early computer graphics group.
At NYIT, Ed Catmull published all of his graphics group's work, drawing top researchers from the new SIGGRAPH community to unfashionable Long Island. That group became what George Lucas wanted to build on. Many of Catmull's first-time management theories proved wrong, so he assumed he was wrong half the time to catch mistakes sooner. Openness can beat a weak location for attracting talent.
David Senra · Jun 14Catmull published all of the group's work there, drawing people from the new SIGGRAPH community to Long Island. It was also his first management job, where many of his theories proved wrong.
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