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Ask HN: Is the Secret of Elon Musk's Success Stanford University?

• minimaxir 4y ago
  no
  • iab 4y ago
    Exactly, the actual source of his success is Glendale Community College
    • Blackstrat 4y ago
      I’d say that speaks well for Glendale then doesn’t it?
      • elkos 4y ago
        Maybe it speaks for generational wealth during the dot-com bubble and doing amoralistic business with autocrats, but I don't know, I'm certainly not as rich as mr Musk.
        • Blackstrat 4y ago
          Amoralistic? Autocrats? Not knowing your age, I’ll not assume it, but you do know that the Fed precipitated the dot com bubble?
• mtmail 4y ago
  He dropped out after 2 days https://finance.yahoo.com/news/why-elon-musk-dropped-stanford-185501512.html https://finance.yahoo.com/news/why-elon-musk-dropped-stanfor... Musk also claims he has various degrees, which isn't true and makes him more a pretender than genius https://twitter.com/capitolhunters/status/1593307541932474368 https://twitter.com/capitolhunters/status/159330754193247436...
  • IanDrake 4y ago
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  • readonthegoapp 4y ago
    yeah, i mean, but he got in. and actually graduating from college, when you're in the right social class, is kind of like... really? what's wrong with you? how bad of an entrepreneur _are_ you that you actually graduated from college? and then he was, either before or after, surrounded by stanford people. just an idea.
• RGamma 4y ago
  His inherited millions and network might have helped.