I'm a UT honors EE graduate and co-founded JobSpice (YC S09). I will admit that going through the UT system is not conducive to starting a startup -- you kind o

I'm a UT honors EE graduate and co-founded JobSpice (YC S09). I will admit that going through the UT system is not conducive to starting a startup -- you kind of have to break the mold. The classes that are taught are great if you want to work for a large company because for the most part, the professors at the undergraduate level do a good job of teaching what's needed for those type of careers but do not actively promote entrepreneurship. I was lucky in that my advisor encouraged me to go my own direction, and I started JobSpice less than a year after I graduated but wish I would have started something during my time at UT. The problem lies more in the culture that UT promotes at the classroom level. In addition, outside of Michael Dell, you don't hear stories about past students creating companies in their dorm room like you do at MIT, Stanford or Harvard.