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We talked about how I fell in love teaching engineering, why I joined Cursor, and even why I live in Iowa (even though I love San Francisco). https://t.co/P6ut56KxzF https://t.co/Hql3uDwcy7 | daily.dev og:description: A conversation covering personal motivations around teaching engineering, the decision to join Cursor, and lifestyle choices like living in Iowa versus San... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-really-enjoyed-this-conversation-with-mualphaxi-we-talked-about-how-i-fell-in-love-teaching-eng-heuihdnlh og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/HeuIhDnLh.png og:image:alt: I really enjoyed this conversation with @mualphaxi. We talked about how I fell in love teaching engineering, why I joined Cursor, and even why I live in Iowa (even though I love San Francisco). https://t.co/P6ut56KxzF https://t.co/Hql3uDwcy7 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- [Lee Robinson](https://daily.dev/sources/leerob) [Read on](https://api.daily.dev/r/HeuIhDnLh) Mar 02•From x.com  Lee Robinson @leerob I really enjoyed this conversation with @mualphaxi. We talked about how I fell in love teaching engineering, why I joined Cursor, and even why I live in Iowa (even though I love San Francisco). https://t.co/P6ut56KxzF https://t.co/Hql3uDwcy7  Comment Bookmark Copy Share your thoughtsPost [](https://daily.dev/sources/leerob) [Lee Robinson](https://daily.dev/sources/leerob "https://daily.dev/sources/leerob") Lee Robinson is a software engineer and technical writer, known for his tutorials, articles, and cou... Read more 247 Followers • 8 Upvotes #### Would you recommend this post? 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