In this episode of the Hewlett Packard Labs podcast “From Research to Reality,” Dejan Milojicic interviews Larry Kaplan, Senior Distinguished Technologist in the HPC, AI, and Labs business unit. Larry tells us about his professional history, how his BA in computer science helped him in his daily professional work, and provides a plethora of advice for our junior colleagues. Larry also differentiates the quality of snow between the East and West Coast slopes.