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from what I've seen in the people around me that 'made' it without a tremendous amount of luck or access to outside capital, starting from 0 with nothing to sho
by tuhin 16y ago
from what I've seen in the people around me that 'made' it without a tremendous amount of luck or access to outside capital, starting from 0 with nothing to show for themselves but the shirts on their backs and their skills
Love the way Jacques removed the outliers Mark and Bill from the discussion in the very beginning. Every advise is well reasoned and articulated with precision.
Of course, in the middle of your journey you might find your own shortcut trail to being in the first road, till then keep trying. Keep Hacking!
- shushuni 16y agoHow is Mark an outlier relatively to the sentence you have quoted? He started from 0 and had nothing to show besides the flip flops on his feet and his skills. The two arguable factors are luck and outside capital. Are you sure luck played such a great factor in his case ? and was his decision to take outside funding at that stage unnecessary?
- Kyrce 16y agoHe was raised in Westchester County and went to Philips Exeter, then Harvard. Many others have as well, and have not done what he did. But that still doesn't qualify as "starting from zero" or "nothing to show."
- tuhin 16y agoHow many people do you know who started off at an age of 19-20 and were a tech celebrity in 2-3 years? Well I do not know of many hence they are and will be an outlier for me. A lot of things including luck and timing beside the usual clicked for both Mark and Bill and hence they are where they are today!