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I know this is cliched, but of the ~30 students who started the Computer Science Ph.D. program at Stanford in 2006 with me, maybe 10 have dropped out. A few of
by pgbovine 15y ago
I know this is cliched, but of the ~30 students who started the Computer Science Ph.D. program at Stanford in 2006 with me, maybe 10 have dropped out. A few of those ten have gone onto successful startups and are now far, far, far wealthier than any of us who remained in the program could hope to be :)
- xxbondsxx 15y agoThis is an interesting sample. What happened to those who dropped out but did not strike it rich in Startupland? I think one of the hardest parts about leaving is showing that you are moving onto better things; it's easier to _tell_ people you are leaving if you have a 150k+ offer. Leaving to try a startup would be socially difficult to communicate