hiː bɪɡˈæn wˈɜːkɪŋ æz ɐ smˈɔːl ɐplˈaɪəns ˌɛndʒɪnˈɪɹ fɔːɹ dʒˈɛnɚɹəl ᵻlˈɛktɹɪk dʒˌiːˈiː, wˌɪtʃ ˈɔfɚd tə sˈɛnd hˌɪm tə lˈɔː skˈuːl ɪn ˈɔːɹdɚ tə ɡˈeɪn ɐdˈɪʃənəl pˈæʔn̩t lˈɔɪɚz.
He began working as a small appliance engineer for General Electric (GE), which offered to send him to law school in order to gain additional patent lawyers.