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You can succeed ANYWHERE, just like you can succeed regardless of what college you go to. Silicon Valley is a lot like Harvard in the sense that you afford you
by jasonlbaptiste 17y ago
You can succeed ANYWHERE, just like you can succeed regardless of what college you go to. Silicon Valley is a lot like Harvard in the sense that you afford yourself with the best possible resources (education, peers, network, opportunities,etc.), except it's open to everyone. Why not give yourself the best possible opportunity if you can have it?
- manbearpig 17y agoSurely you mean Stanford. Silicon Valley is just an extension of the campus.
- paulgb 17y ago> except it's open to everyone ...with a US passport.
- patio11 17y agoSilicon Valley is a lot like Harvard... Why not give yourself the best possible opportunity if you can have it? Crikey, you are nearly giving me flashbacks to high school. I was speaking to an admissions officer from Harvard and, after answering his questions about myself, he asked me whether I had a question for him. I asked "Well, you know, I probably have a bit of ability to pick where I go to school. Why should I go to Harvard?" I remember his response exactly: "If you can get into Harvard, why would you go anywhere else?" That line convinced me not to apply, on the theory I'd have to spend four years of my life with people who thought like that. (Which, come to think of it, is one reason I would not love to live in Silicon Valley.)
- paulbaumgart 17y agoI see your point, but I don't entirely agree with the analogy; the types of people who think like the admissions officer you quote are influenced a lot by the prestige that comes from saying "I went to Harvard." Saying "I live in Silicon Valley" isn't nearly as impressive to most folks. :-)