ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti, hiː wɛnt tə wˈɜːk æz ɐ wˈaɪɚmən ɔnðɪ ˌaɪˌeɪˈɛs məʃˈiːn æt ðɪ ˈɪnstɪtˌuːt fɔːɹ ɐdvˈænst stˈʌdi, wˌɛɹ hiː wˈɜːkt fɔːɹ dʒˈuːliən bˈɪdʒɪlˌoʊ ænd ɛŋkˈaʊntɚd dʒˈɑːn vˈɑːn nˈuːmən ænd ˈælbɚt ˈaɪnstaɪn.
In 1950, he went to work as a wireman on the IAS machine at the Institute for Advanced Study, where he worked for Julian Bigelow and encountered John von Neumann and Albert Einstein.