Alon Cohen: An Immigrant's Perspective

Let me ask you first. How many people here were not born in the U.S. okay, so, like, more than half. Right. So, you know, it's kind of hard to talk about those things, but sometimes you feel a little bit as an outsider in some situations. And I think for you guys, it's actually a lot easier because you came here when you were where you're still young and you go to school together, and that actually helps a lot. I came in when I was 30. Right. And when I was around engineering folks, it was a lot easier because we speak engineering. But when it comes to situations where you work with a lot of business folks, and especially when I was not here still, for now, I'm here for 15 years. But when I was here just for a few years, and they talk about their experiences from school or sports or other things, I wasn't really into. You really feel like an outsider. It's not their fault. It was kind of my fault that I was feeling that way, or at least that's how I thought. And so I shared that with the group. And then one of them told me something that I'll never forget, and he said that you're looking at the wrong way. You're really the American dream. That's really what you are, and that's how you should feel about it. You came here and now you're part of the successful company, and you're doing so well. And that stayed with me. Right. That actually helps a lot to see that sometimes the things that you imagine aren't really there.