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> At 17, Patrick won a high-profile national competition for young scientists; his project, building atop Lisp, a programming language developed at MIT, placed

> At 17, Patrick won a high-profile national competition for young scientists; his project, building atop Lisp, a programming language developed at MIT, placed second in the European Union overall. The winner: his future wife, Silvana Konermann, who represented Switzerland. What? Are you telling me Patrick Collison lost to his future wife at 17 in a science competition? That's so cool.

mizzao 4y ago
Well, it could be causal right... If you can't beat 'em join 'em! (or in this case, propose to 'em)
civilized 4y ago
What if it's like The Social Network except more wholesome and he gets the girl at the end. "I wanted her, so I decided to make the next big thing"