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Fwiw Kyoto university has an even stronger reputation of genius weirdos (and is often chosen over Todai for aspiring research scientists). Todai folks are a lit
by hkmurakami 9y ago
Fwiw Kyoto university has an even stronger reputation of genius weirdos (and is often chosen over Todai for aspiring research scientists). Todai folks are a little more pragmatic. Keio students are way off in the other direction towards businesses success and networking, and even the administration is unapologetic about preferentially accepting business heirs.
Fwiw I know a decent number of Todai engineers who started businesses while they were a student (including my former teammates). Our CEO actually intentionally took 7 years to graduate because it qualified him for subsidized housing and kept him in an environment full of stimulating peers, while mainly spending his time running a company.
- da02 9y agoWhat kind of businesses do they start? Have they made any consumer products or mainly business-to-business?
- hkmurakami 9y agoThe ones I know tend to be b2b technology, or some kind of backend thing. I vaguely know that there are people doing consumer stuff but I don't care about consumer so I forget the details. Here's one of the more prominent folks I know. http://www2.technologyreview.com/tr35/profile.aspx?TRID=381 http://www2.technologyreview.com/tr35/profile.aspx?TRID=381 https://github.com/kazuho https://github.com/kazuho