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What did Mike Judge try after graducating from UCSD?
After graduating from UCSD in 1985, Mike Judge held several brief jobs in physics and mechanical engineering, but found himself growing bored with science.
What did Mike Judge try and do next after growing bored with science?
In 1987, Mike Judge moved to Silicon Valley to join Parallax Graphics, a startup video card company with about 40 employees based in Santa Clara, California.

Question: What did this mean to him
Self-contained rewrite: What did joining Parallax Graphics in Santa Clara mean to Mike Judge?