I'm not convinced it was good advice for most people. I'm pretty sure the guy meant it for his company, but I would definitely have worried about ending up lock

I'm not convinced it was good advice for most people. I'm pretty sure the guy meant it for his company, but I would definitely have worried about ending up locked into a small pool of employers. What made it memorable for me was mostly watching people freeze up and basically try to avoid the suggestion. I certainly think there are people for whom dropping out of college to work at a startup is sensible, and yet no one was going to even discuss the merits of the comment.