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On the other hand I pretty well fit the implied description of someone who would go on to be very successful and yet I did not. I'm doing okay. I took my shots
by gmarx 9y ago
On the other hand I pretty well fit the implied description of someone who would go on to be very successful and yet I did not. I'm doing okay. I took my shots and they didn't work out.
My class valedictorian, in a bizarre coincidence, lives next door to me (even though we moved across the country and didn't plan it). He is a very rich ex VC who now has a decently successful startup going.
So as much as I would like to use this article to prop up my ego...
- iamacynic 9y agowait... you're literally living next door to him yet you think he's operating on some next-level of success compared to you? do you rent his guest house or something?
- gmarx 9y agoHe owns two houses which he has merged into a compound like situation. I rent next door in a tiny house that was likely created as grad student housing. Most places rich people live also have more modest homes intermixed
- akhilcacharya 9y agoDid you both go to the same univerisity? That probably matters more than high school rank
- gmarx 9y agoHe Stanford. I MIT