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Unfortunately, this list is a total joke. I know someone who made the list last year, and it's literally their only accomplishment. They spent so much time try
by traviswingo 7y ago
Unfortunately, this list is a total joke.
I know someone who made the list last year, and it's literally their only accomplishment. They spent so much time trying to look good on paper that they've yet to accomplish anything real in life.
Their resume _looks_ great though...
- MuffinFlavored 7y agoHow can you be worth $30m but not have accomplished anything? Edit: I'm dumb, this isn't what 30 under 30 means.
- magashna 7y agoHave rich deceased parents.
- MuffinFlavored 7y agoI would hope journalists do a bit more research than "you were born with $29,999,995 to your name and you have since earned $5 in your time alive. Welcome to the club!"
- Reedx 7y agoOne would hope so. But they often don't, especially when the goal is clicks.
- ineedasername 7y agoAny advice on how to do that? I mean, my parents are alive so I'll need to wait (or something) but they don't have any money to speak of. I could try to make that much and then give it to them, but it seems needlessly complex given the end goal. How does one go about getting rich parents? Asking for a friend.
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- seppin 7y ago> Edit: I'm dumb, this isn't what 30 under 30 means. This made me laugh out loud, thanks :)
- ackbar03 7y agoNo this is great. Forbes should change their benchmark
- alteria 7y agoIt's all about networking within the industry. Like you said, tell a compelling story, and make sure to have references to back it up. My co-founder ended up on the list a few years back. We did things that were cool, but I think my co-founder ended up on the list because they had a hard time filling 30 slots for our niche.
- darepublic 7y agoYou must be cool to know people on that list and yet be so caj about it.
- hobofan 7y ago> because they had a hard time filling 30 slots for our niche That's my impression as well. I know someone who made the list, from what I've heard Forbes basically approached the people running the program we were in together and asked "which one of them would fit the slot the best", and that's how they were chosen. At that point they didn't really have anything notable to show for other than a few weeks old company.
- newguy1234 7y agoThis is so funny. At my work we actually had to implement more strict hiring standards because we would tend to hire people that were very impressionable but couldn't really perform on the job. Resume, interview etc was amazing but in terms of actual doing the job..nope, not at all. To say the least, we now use a comprehensive exam to pre-screen candidates before we interview them which pretty much solved the problem. The people we hire now have at least a baseline level of knowledge we can build from as we train them. I guess the younger generation is getting better at faking it until you make it, I guess? lol
- TuringNYC 7y agoThe slick ones go straight into management and have others do the work.
- cf141q5325 7y ago>I guess the younger generation is getting better at faking it until you make it, I guess? lol Have enough HR bullshit thrown at you before getting an actual technical interview and you sooner or later learn to cope with a nonsensical system. I would see it similar to figuring out how you can bypass a useless automated support hotline and get in contact with an actual human with enough power to fix your problem.
- forgotpwd16 7y agoHow does one looks great without real accomplishments?
- 9nGQluzmnq3M 7y agoFound a startup that's going to cure cancer/fix climate change/... based on dubious but plausible research, then promote the hell out of it.