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Dropping out of school isn't really an accomplishment. Neither is failing at building a company despite raising $30 mil in funding.
by stevedewald 4y ago
Dropping out of school isn't really an accomplishment. Neither is failing at building a company despite raising $30 mil in funding.
- version_five 4y agoYeah, big deal, I could have dropped out of school and raised $30M to build a company when I was a teenager too, I just had other priorities
- throwoutway 4y agoI see your point, but really it's "losing $30M of someone else's money" that OP is probably highlighting. On the other hand, not a lot of people let you gamble with $30M when you're that young. Just two opposite perspectives
- random314 4y agoSam's biggest success seems to be raising 30M USD. Everything else in his career is mediocre.
- DantesKite 4y agoI'd say getting into Stanford is one hell of an accomplishment though.
- GameOfFrowns 4y agoAre people of Jewish descent somehow disadvantaged by Affirmative Action?
- yashap 4y agoFounding a company at 19 that hits some big milestones, and comes close to success despite ultimately failing, is still very impressive to me. Nobody bats 100, especially at the age of 19. Also, from the outside, he seems to have been an impactful/successful leader at YC and now OpenAI. People who know him personally seem to thing he’s an extremely bright and driven person, and his results at YC and OpenAI indicate they’re probably on to something.