It seems like he spoke and acted as he does now (at 36yrs old) when he was a 19yr old kid at Stanford, so he was the hotshot whizkid that SV fetishizes. Then he

It seems like he spoke and acted as he does now (at 36yrs old) when he was a 19yr old kid at Stanford, so he was the hotshot whizkid that SV fetishizes. Then he joined the first batch of YC and hit it off with pg. He basically cemented a reputation as a smart kid who speaks well and socializes with the right people, and has seemingly ridden that wave really well for the past 15 years. Kudos to him.