Eric Gradman

About Eric

• He finished college in the middle of the web crash, so rather than entering the workforce, he "hid out in graduate school."
• Became a touring circus performer on the side while he was finishing his engineering degree.
• Worked as a fire dancer, a clown, an aerialist, and an acrobat.
• Says that conversation ("I'm joining the circus") did not go over well with his parents, who had more "traditional" jobs.
• After graduation, he took a series of "boring" engineering and computer programming jobs.
• Reached a crossroads where he felt he had to choose between being a performer and continuing with these dull jobs.
• Says when he started making interactive art with his co-founder, Brent Bushnell, he "fell in love with engineering again."
• Their company's goal is to show kids how engineering can be exciting and interactive.