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Author here. I completely agree that privilege opens doors not available to others. But my intention was that it’s possible to break into Silicon Valley and suc
by troquerre 6y ago
Author here. I completely agree that privilege opens doors not available to others. But my intention was that it’s possible to break into Silicon Valley and succeed (to the extent you can consider going through YC success...) even without privilege.
I saw another comment saying that I went to MIT around the same time as YC. It was actually after — going through YC enabled me to apply to MIT and get in without a high school diploma. Privilege didn’t help me get into YC (persistence + timing + luck did) but afterwards the privilege of getting into YC helped me with my college applications.
- emit_time 6y agoYou also went to an expensive private high school.
- dang 6y agoYou posted this three times already. That's crossing into personal attack. Please don't hound fellow users like this on HN. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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- aroundtown 6y agoI am curious, were these jobs actually internships? If so, were they unpaid? How were you able to support yourself so young and inexperienced in the Valley?
- troquerre 6y agoThe summer job at Teespring was an internship — iirc around minimum wage. After my internship I became a fulltime employee and they put me on a normal salary which made SF more affordable.