Dr. Alok Kanojia

I sucked at sports.

So the one thing that I really got addicted to was this idea of like a computer game where like when you beat level one, like level two is there.

And then if you beat level two, like level three is there.

If you fail at level three, you get to try level three again.

So it was the only activity that was like cognitively to my pacing.

And so that really drew me in.

And I didn't realize that until years later.

My parents were big fans of putting us into school young.

And if you can skip grades, that's great, right?

Because life is a race.

And the faster you finish, the better things are.

But I didn't realize how developmentally challenging it is to be like a five-year-old or a six-year-old in school with like seven-year-olds or eight-year-olds.

So I think that's what originally drew me in.

Absolutely.

I mean, my earliest memories are of my grandmother telling me I'm going to make a great doctor one day.

And when I was like 15 years old, people would ask me, like I'd go to like a party, right?

With my parents and their friends.

And people would ask me, what do you wanna be when you grow up?

And so I was like, I'm gonna be a doctor.

And everyone's like, wow, impressive.