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I'm 19 and got nothing more than a Google Summer of Code and some halfdecent apps. Makes me feel insecure :(

• neilk 16y ago
  Yes, you've only had your work accepted to a program run by the company with some of the best software engineers on the planet, that rejects at least 98% of those who even apply. What could you possibly do to surpass the kid who bought 11 domain names, some of which have apps attached to them? No offense to Mark Bao, by the way. I greatly admire that he's put together so many projects and is trying to interact at an adult level. I was not enamored of being a businessperson at his age but I produced projects at about the same rate. However, I didn't know the value of what I was doing, and Bao does. He also knows how to market himself. But I just get deeply angry when I see people discounting their own achievements in favor of people who've put a lot of effort into personal marketing.
  • markbao 16y ago
    Agreed 100%. yuvipanda, seriously, the last thing I want to do is make other (young or old) people feel like they're inadequate... some of these that I used to call 'startups' are basically half-baked MVPs with marketing on top. Don't sell yourself short dude.
  • yuvipanda 16y ago
    It sounds neat when you put it that way, but maybe I'm just a bit bitter about 'what it could have been'. Was writing apps (and producing stats/charts) 3 years back, and was rather productive. Then got sidetracked in 'college' (India) and tried to become 'normal' and 'fit in'. 2 years I could've spent better. It did teach me I'm normal though, so not bad :) Normal Teen angst. I'm over it, and back to doing stuff. Probably hacking on Chromium next, and writing an xkcd game now.