He wanted to prove to everybody that he could do what he wanted to do. It was a challenge for him.

It was beyond his expertise.

He truly loved this place; he just wanted to do his best and he knew he would fit (in).

He was a typical American kid.

Sometimes I'd laugh because he wasn't interested in my boat and I wasn't interested in his car.

[Finding experienced staff still remains Taproot's biggest challenge and the single largest constraint on growth. Even so Taproot is now the largest independent Symbian OS software development organisation in North America. To achieve this it has pulled in people from all over the world including Europe, Asia, and North America. As well as employing experienced staff Taproot has also hired graduate students, which they have trained themselves.] I think, from a global perspective, skilled staff is one of biggest challenges for the Symbian ecosystem, ... Not just for us but Symbian, all the handset manufactures and ISVs, it is still a challenge.