Watson took courses in archeology, linguistics, and communications at Simon Fraser University, known among students at the time as Berkeley North. (He never finished a degree.) In 1968, in need of work, he skipped a semester to join the Coast Guard, and for several weeks he served aboard a weather ship.

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The moment they feel that they are the only ones who are still sacrificing, a CEO will have a mutiny on his hands with the talent that helped him build his dream jumping ship to join companies that are willing to pay them what they are worth.

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