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I agree on a general level. The bay area tech scene is nearly as credentialist as the finance industry at this point. However... Danielle Morrill did it withou
by xiaoma 10y ago
I agree on a general level. The bay area tech scene is nearly as credentialist as the finance industry at this point. However...
Danielle Morrill did it without a degree at all. She jumped into a super early startup with friends and was an early employee at Twilio, too. Her story is worth hearing: https://soundcloud.com/akharris/startup-school-radio-episode-39-segment-founder-peter-reinhardt-mattermark-ceo-danielle-morrill https://soundcloud.com/akharris/startup-school-radio-episode...
- dominotw 10y agohttp://www.femalefounderstories.com/danielle-morrill.html http://www.femalefounderstories.com/danielle-morrill.html > While I was growing up, my dad worked on startups in the financial services industry. > Eventually my dad started his own company and I worked for him from age 13 to 19. >I was extremely rebellious at this point and, despite scoring a 1390 on the SAT and a high GPA, I didn't apply to any colleges at all. Not exactly an underdog story. Almost nobody on the planet get this type of deal. Forget about jumping in with startup founders, I don't think most people know one in real life.
- xiaoma 10y agoThat part of the story wasn't in the podcast :/ Still, I'm glad to see a non-conformist on this list :)