1. Choosing Computer Science in a less-reputed (but still decent) college over a different major in a better college. All credit to my dad. 2. Coming to the US

1. Choosing Computer Science in a less-reputed (but still decent) college over a different major in a better college. All credit to my dad. 2. Coming to the US for an MS rather than doing an MBA in India (my original plan when entering college). All credit to the cultural milieu of my undergrad college. 3. Paying a lawyer myself to apply for a Green Card in a more ambitious category. All credit to my first co-founders in SV for connecting me to a good lawyer. With hindsight I got in through a 'loophole' that was plugged soon after. What's common in all three: zero rational decision-making, huge influence from others, lots of luck in happening to be congruent with broad trends in society.