Early Life
Before entering game design, Warshaw was "Colorado born, Jersey raised, and New Orleans schooled." He attended Tulane University, where he received a Bachelor’s Degree within 3 years, with a double major in Math and Economics. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa and received a scholarship for his graduate work in Computer Science. One year later he received his Master’s Degree in Computer Engineering.
After graduation, he began work at Hewlett-Packard as a multi-terminal systems engineer, which he found to be "boring." In 1981, he learned about an opening for a game programmer at Atari through a friend. The work and culture at Atari at the time appealed to him, and he quickly applied for the position, and was soon hired.
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