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Hang out in front of google or attend the local 2600 meeting. Best way to meet CEOs is to become one yourself.
by wolco 8y ago
Hang out in front of google or attend the local 2600 meeting.
Best way to meet CEOs is to become one yourself.
- sudhirj 8y agoWhat’s a 2600 meeting? This? https://www.2600.com/meetings/mtg.html https://www.2600.com/meetings/mtg.html I’ll keep trying to search, but could someone post a note on what’s it’s about?
- crankylinuxuser 8y agoThat's correct. 2600 is a hacker quarterly. The 'zine has all sorts of interesting writeups, including hacker politics, 0-day discussions, free software talks, notes from people (including fuckyous as well). And the back is a picture of payphones from around the world. And the name is a throwback to the 2600Hz tone that was used to gain operator rights on pre-digital trunking phone lines.
- baby 8y agohttps://www.2600.london/ https://www.2600.london/
- shafyy 8y agoSorry, but this is real bad advice. Stalking people in front of Google is not going to work.
- gargarplex 8y agoSorry, but that's just not true. Silicon Valley is filled with stories of successful stalkings. For example, in 2007, I loitered outside Facebook HQ on university ave until I had a chance encounter with someone who also attended my alma mater (!) and was starting his first day of work, so he took me inside with him[1]. I tried to meet with Zuck but they sicced Dave Morin on me. I ended up getting incredible access to the FB engineering team and my app was ultimately acquired, and I partially attribute that to unfair advantage. [1] I think he's now successfully retired.
- nl 8y agoI think you need to pick your targets. 2007 FB isn’t the same as 2018 Google. Also it seems like you might be good at talking to people (based on the story above). The OP says they are an introvert and might find that more difficult.
- grosjona 8y agoIt's terrible that friendship these days is based on superficial/selfish character features like confidence instead of more socially beneficial features like altruism. If evolution keeps going in this direction then there will be a point where capitalism won't be able to support it anymore. Capitalism was designed for a certain kind of species and we are no longer it.
- shafyy 8y agoFirst, as the other commenter said, FB had something between 150 and 450 employees in 2007 (depending on when in 2007 you did that). You can still do that with "smaller" startups today, of course. But you can also just email the CEO of a 150 person startup and they'll reply if you're not full of shit. Second, just because it worked for you doesn't mean it works in general. I'm sure if 1,000 people did it, a couple of them would be successful. But that's definitely not the best way to get peoples attention. Some YC partner says in one of their Investor Startup School lecture that they hate it when people stalk investors at their favorite coffee shop or whatever and that it leads to an adverse effect.
- 52-6F-62 8y agoTIL— 2600 is blocked by my workplace.
- shanev 8y agoI wouldn’t be where I am today without 2600. Hacking (real hacking, not pg’s definition) is what lead me to learn to code when I was a teenager back in the 90s. Many of the folks I met via 2600 may not be CEOs but are extremely successful. Sage advice.