It's a thrill to fulfill your own childhood dreams, but as you get older, you may find that enabling the dreams of others is even more fun. When I was teaching at the University of Virginia in 1993, a 22-year-old artist-turned-computer-graphics-wiz named Tommy Burnett wanted a job on my research team. After we talked about his life and goals, he suddenly said, "Oh, and I have always had this childhood dream." Anyone who uses "childhood" and "dream" in the same sentence usually gets my attention. "And what is your dream, Tommy?" I asked. "I want to work on the next Star Wars film," he said. Remember, this was 1993. The last Star Wars movie had been made in 1983, and there were no concrete plans to make any more. I explained this. "That's a tough dream to have because it'll be hard to see it through," I told him. "Word is that they're finished making Star Wars films." "No," he said, "they're going to make more, and when they do, I'm going to work on them. That's my plan."