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Ironic that Palantir was founded by the guy who encouraged high school students to skip college [1]. [1] https://www.newsweek.com/2017/03/03/peter-thiel-fellow
by throwaway_1928 4y ago
Ironic that Palantir was founded by the guy who encouraged high school students to skip college [1].
[1] https://www.newsweek.com/2017/03/03/peter-thiel-fellowship-college-higher-education-559261.html https://www.newsweek.com/2017/03/03/peter-thiel-fellowship-c...
- legerdemain 4y agoI should point out that most Thiel fellows have already completed college and were doing graduate studies before 20. They're not high-schoolers.
- barry-cotter 4y agoNone of the Thiel Fellow recipients listed on Wikipedia have any mention of a completed undergraduate or postgraduate degree. I wouldn’t be surprised if some of them do but being a college dropout is definitely more common than having completed college in any normal terms.