3 things Google CEO Sundar Pichai wants class of 2020 to do

NEW DELHI: More than a decade back, Apple co-founder, the late Steve Jobs gave a commencement speech at Stanford University and the one quote that stood out was “Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish.” More recently, Google CEO Sundar Pichai gave a virtual commencement address and spoke about a variety of things but his key message was: be open, be impatient and be hopeful.
The India-born CEO said that the class of 2020 graduates would get a lot of advice said, “I know you’re getting a lot of advice today. So let me leave you with mine: Be open, be impatient, be hopeful.”
Pichai said that a lot of graduates would get frustrated at technology and get impatient. “Don’t lose that impatience. It will create the next technology revolution and enable you to build things my generation could never dream of.”
He said that it’s the impatience that will create the progress the world needs. “You may be just as frustrated by my generation’s approach to climate change, or education. Be impatient. It will create the progress the world needs,” said Pichai.